Red Hat update for linux-firmware

1) Man-in-the-middle attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU13985

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5383

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) implementation of Secure Connections mode insufficient validation of elliptic curve parameters that are used to generate public keys during a Diffie-Hellman key exchange when the affected software performs device pairing operations. An adjacent attacker can intercept the public key exchange between the two targeted systems, inject a malicious public key to aid in determining the session key,  access sensitive information or forge and modify messages, which could be used to inject malicious software on the targeted system. 

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems: 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing: 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: 7

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2169

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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