SB2018042449 - Man-in-the-middle attack in IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
Published: April 24, 2018 Updated: June 30, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018042449
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 security vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8039)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper verification of TLS hostnames when used with the 'com.sun.net.ssl' implementation. A remote attacker can conduct a man-in-the-middle attack and bypass the hostname verification.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.