Man-in-the-middle attack in IBM Security Guardium - CVE-2017-1267

 

Man-in-the-middle attack in IBM Security Guardium - CVE-2017-1267

Published: August 1, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7646
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1267
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Security Guardium

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.

The weakness exists due to an error when authenticating and validation of integrity of patches, image backups, and other updates. A remote attacker can conduct man-in-the-middle attack and modify data on the system or execute arbitrary code.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1267


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