SB2018050823 - Spoofing attack in Azure IoT SDK
Published: May 8, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018050823
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper certificate validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8119)
CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation over the AMQP protocol in the Azure IoT Device Provisioning AMQP Transport library. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack during provisioning process.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.