Cryptographic issues in Industrial Network Director - CVE-2019-1940
Published: July 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19254
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1940
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain read access to sensitive data on the target system.
The vulnerability exist due to the insufficient X.509 certificate validation when establishing a Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) connection. A remote attacker can supply a crafted X.509 certificate during the WSMA connection setup phase and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on WSMA connections to the affected software.
Affected software
Industrial Network Director
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1940
Install updates from vendor's website.
Industrial Network Director - update to 1.7