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RendezvousApplication · Tibco

CVE-2007-4162

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2007-08-03
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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87/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
TIBCO Rendezvous (RV) 7.5.2 does not protect confidentiality or integrity of inter-daemon communication, which allows remote attackers to capture and spoof traffic.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

TIBCO Rendezvous 7.5.2 transmits inter-daemon communication in plaintext without encryption or integrity protection. This allows remote attackers on the network path to capture sensitive data via packet sniffing and inject or spoof malicious messages into the daemon communication stream.

MitigationEnable TLS/SSL encryption for inter-daemon communication in TIBCO Rendezvous configuration, or upgrade to a version that enforces encrypted daemon-to-daemon channels. Network-level controls like IPsec may also be applied as a compensating control.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
RendezvousApplication
Affected:= 7.5.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify TIBCO Rendezvous installation and version
    Locate the TIBCO Rendezvous installation directory (commonly at C:\tibco\rv or /opt/tibco/rv), then check the version file or executable properties. On Windows, right-click tibcorv.exe and select Properties > Details to see the version. On Unix, run 'rvd -version' or check the contents of a version.info file in the installation directory.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 7.5.2
  2. Verify inter-daemon communication is configured
    Examine the Rendezvous daemon configuration files (rvd.conf or rv.conf in the installation directory or /etc directory). Look for entries that enable daemon-to-daemon communication, such as 'network' or 'daemon' parameters that specify multiple daemons communicating with each other.
    Affected if Inter-daemon communication is enabled and configured between multiple Rendezvous daemons
  3. Check if TLS/SSL encryption is disabled for inter-daemon traffic
    In the same configuration files (rvd.conf or rv.conf), search for SSL/TLS-related settings. Look for parameters like 'ssl', 'tls', or 'secure' and verify whether they are set to enable encryption for daemon-to-daemon channels. If these settings are absent, commented out, or set to disable SSL, the plaintext vulnerability exists.
    Affected if TLS/SSL encryption is not explicitly enabled for inter-daemon communication (the ssl/tls parameters are missing, disabled, or set to off)
  4. Inspect active daemon network listeners
    Run network monitoring commands (netstat -an on Windows, netstat -tuln on Unix) or use process monitoring tools to observe which ports the Rendezvous daemon (rvd.exe or rvd) is listening on. Also verify if any SSL-specific ports (typically 7470-7472 for SSL) are not in use while standard RV ports (7470, 7500) are active.
    Affected if The daemon is listening only on non-SSL ports without corresponding SSL listeners for inter-daemon communication

You are affected if TIBCO Rendezvous version 7.5.2 is installed AND inter-daemon communication is enabled with TLS/SSL encryption not configured for that traffic.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Enable TLS/SSL encryption for inter-daemon communication in TIBCO Rendezvous configuration, or upgrade to a version that enforces encrypted daemon-to-daemon channels. Network-level controls like IPsec may also be applied as a compensating control.

Fix this in Rendezvous Scoped from the published advisory
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