Security Bulletin: Potential MITM attack in Apache CXF used by IBM Event Streams (CVE-2018-8039)

Summary

There is a potential man-in-the-middle attack in Apache CXF used by IBM Event Streams (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

This vulnerability affects the following versions and releases of IBM Event Streams:

• 2018.3.0

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 2018.3.1 which is available from Passport Advantage.