Security Bulletin
Summary
When configured for TLS Syslog the Wincollect agent does not verify the authenticity or accuracy of the server certificate. Even when a certificate is specified within the WinCollect configuration it is ignored, and any certificate presented by the server is blindly accepted while negotiating TLS.
Vulnerability Details
Description: IBM QRadar WinCollect could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information by spoofing a trusted entity using man in the middle techniques due to not validating or incorrectly validating a certificate.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/160072 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: *Undefined
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products and Versions
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Steven Thompson and Jack Bahbah
Change History
May 24th 2019: First Publish
*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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
Document Information
Modified date:
24 May 2019
UID
ibm10885464