Bug 1827200 (CVE-2020-10727) - CVE-2020-10727 broker: resetUsers operation stores password in plain text
Summary: CVE-2020-10727 broker: resetUsers operation stores password in plain text
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-10727
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1827209 1827776
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Reported: 2020-04-23 12:22 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2021-02-16 20:14 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: ActiveMQ Artemis 2.12.0
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A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local attacker can use this flaw to read the contents of the Artemis shadow file.
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Last Closed: 2020-06-25 17:20:33 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:2751 0 None None None 2020-06-25 14:14:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:3133 0 None None None 2020-07-23 15:10:33 UTC

Description Michael Kaplan 2020-04-23 12:22:53 UTC 
If you execute the resetUsers operation, the new password is stored in plain text in the etc/artemis-users.properties file.
Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-04-23 12:22:57 UTC 
External References:

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/ENTMQBR-3435
Comment 2 Michael Kaplan 2020-04-23 12:24:51 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Justin Bertram (Reporter)
Comment 6 Jonathan Christison 2020-04-29 10:48:11 UTC 
Mitigation:

When resetting a user an alternative is to use the broker instance CLI `/bin/artemis user reset` which is not affected by the flaw
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2020-06-25 14:14:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat AMQ

Via RHSA-2020:2751 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2751
Comment 11 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-06-25 17:20:33 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-10727
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2020-07-23 15:10:30 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat AMQ

Via RHSA-2020:3133 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3133
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