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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.3 Medium

CVE-2021-40829

TLS hostname validation issues within AWS IoT Device SDKs on macOS

Description

Connections initialized by the AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java (versions prior to 1.4.2), Python (versions prior to 1.6.1), C++ (versions prior to 1.12.7) and Node.js (versions prior to 1.5.3) did not verify server certificate hostname during TLS handshake when overriding Certificate Authorities (CA) in their trust stores on MacOS. This issue has been addressed in aws-c-io submodule versions 0.10.5 onward. This issue affects: Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java versions prior to 1.4.2 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python versions prior to 1.6.1 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++ versions prior to 1.12.7 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js versions prior to 1.5.3 on macOS. Amazon Web Services AWS-C-IO 0.10.4 on macOS.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java

  • unspecified to < 1.4.2affected

Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python

  • unspecified to < 1.6.1affected

Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++

  • unspecified to < 1.12.7affected

Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js

  • unspecified to < 1.5.3affected

Amazon Web Services AWS-C-IO

  • unspecified to < 0.10.4affected

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