CVE-2017-9797

low-risk
Published 2017-10-03

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.16% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

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low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal