SB2019100926 - MitM attack in Microsoft Windows TLS implementation
Published: October 9, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019100926
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
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 (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1318)
CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due an error when establishing a TLS session with a non- Extended Master Secret (EMS) peer. A remote attacker can perform MitM (man-in-the-middle) attack and decrypt data passed via TLS channel.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.