SB2018062910 - Man-in-the-middle attack in Apache CXF
Published: June 29, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018062910
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) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8039)
CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.