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CVE-2017-12610

Improper Authentication in Apache Kafka

Impact

In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.kafka:kafka-clients>= 0.10.0.0, <= 0.10.2.10.10.2.2

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheKafka
from 0.10.0.0 through 0.10.2.1
from 0.11.0.0 through 0.11.0.1

Weakness classification

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