SB2018121821 - Spoofing attack in IBM Event Streams
Published: December 18, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121821
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) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1833)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit an API request with a fake Host request header, gain authorised access via the CLI and spoof the request header.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.