Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Event Streams could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions after authenticating with Event Streams. By modifying the UI session cookie, it may be possible for a remote attacker to steal user and session information that was sent during an encrypted session.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: IBM Event Streams could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions after authenticating with Event Streams. By modifying the UI session cookie, a remote attacker may be possible to steal user and session information that was sent during an encrypted session.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150505 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Event Streams 2018.3.1
IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0
Remediation/Fixes
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References
Change History
Initial bulletin: March 2019
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 March 2019
UID
ibm10874556