Bug#982590: activemq: CVE-2021-26117

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: activemq
Version: 5.16.0-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-8035
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for activemq.

CVE-2021-26117[0]:
| The optional ActiveMQ LDAP login module can be configured to use
| anonymous access to the LDAP server. In this case, for Apache ActiveMQ
| Artemis prior to version 2.16.0 and Apache ActiveMQ prior to versions
| 5.16.1 and 5.15.14, the anonymous context is used to verify a valid
| users password in error, resulting in no check on the password.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26117
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26117
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-8035
[2] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/27/6
[3] https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=activemq.git;h=c9f68f4c64b2687eee283b95538753665d2b229b

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore