Summary

There is a potential man-in-the-middle attack in Apache CXF used by WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2018-8039)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-8039 DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF could allow a remote attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. The TLS hostname verification does not work correctly with com.sun.net.ssl interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145516&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Jazz for Service Management version 1.1.0 - 1.1.3

Remediation/Fixes

Principal Product and Version(s)

| Affected Supporting Product and Version | Affected Supporting Product Security Bulletin
—|—|—
Jazz for Service Management version 1.1.0 - 1.1.3 | Websphere Application Server Full Profile 8.5.5 |

Security Bulletin: Potential MITM attack in Apache CXF used by WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2018-8039)

Workarounds and Mitigations

Please refer to WAS iFix