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Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability affects IBM Cloud Private - CVE-2018-1937

Security Bulletin


Summary

Intra-service communications between IBM Cloud Private Identity and Access Management (IAM) service and Openshift uses http

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1937
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cloud Private could allow a local user with administrator privileges to intercept highly sensitive unencrypted data.
CVSS Base Score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153317 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1:
- Encrypt cluster data network traffic with IPsec as described in the IBM Cloud Private Knowledge Center. This will create encrypted channels between all nodes and the services running on those nodes
or 
- Upgrade to version 3.1.2 which can be obtained from  IBM Passport Advantage

Workarounds and Mitigations

See Remediation/Fixes

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References

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Change History

02 March 2019 - original document published

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 March 2019

UID

ibm10871766