Man-in-the-middle attack in IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition

1) Man-in-the-middle attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU13523

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8039

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:tivoli_network_manager_ip_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/730835

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.