Security Bulletin
Summary
Intra-service communications to IBM Cloud Private Identity and Access Management (IAM) pdp service uses http
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1938
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cloud Private could alllow 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/153318 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)
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cloud Private could alllow 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/153318 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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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
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 March 2019
UID
ibm10871770