Man-in-the-middle attack in IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition

1) Man-in-the-middle attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU13523

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8039

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper verification of TLS hostnames when used with the 'com.sun.net.ssl' implementation. A remote attacker can conduct a man-in-the-middle attack and bypass the hostname verification.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition: All versions

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/730835

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.