CVE-2021-40829

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java versions prior to 1.4.2 AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python versions prior to 1.6.1 AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++ versions prior to 1.12.7 AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js versions prior to 1.5.3 AWS-C-IO version 0.10.4

Description Connections initialized by the AWS IoT Device SDK v2 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.

Recommendations For AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Java versions prior to 1.4.2, update to version 1.4.2 or later. For AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Python versions prior to 1.6.1, update to version 1.6.1 or later. For AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for C++ versions prior to 1.12.7, update to version 1.12.7 or later. For AWS IoT Device SDK v2 for Node.js versions prior to 1.5.3, update to version 1.5.3 or later. For AWS-C-IO version 0.10.4, update to version 0.10.5 or later.