Medium severity · published Oct 3, 2017
CVE-2017-9797
When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.2.1 is operating in secure mode, an unauthenticated client can enter multi-user authentication mode and send metadata messages
6.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.2.1 is operating in secure mode, an unauthenticated client can enter multi-user authentication mode and send metadata messages. These metadata operations could leak information about application data types. In addition, an attacker could perform a denial of service attack on the cluster.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GE
Geode · Apache
through 1.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9797
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9797
mail-archives.apache.org
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/geode-user/201709.mbox/%3cCAEwge-Hrbb7JS8Nygrh7geyFvW4bMZ3AdCmPOzMfvbniipz0bA%40mail.gmail.com%3e
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