SB2018121821 - Spoofing attack in IBM Event Streams
Published: December 18, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121821
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) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1833)
CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit an API request with a fake Host request header, gain authorised access via the CLI and spoof the request header.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.