What is CVE-2018-1509?

CVE-2018-1509 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-1509?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium

CVE-2018-1509

IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem 10.5 does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.This weakness might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host. IBM X-Force ID: 141417.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.009 (55.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Security Guardium — versions 10.5
Ibm Security_guardium — versions 10.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1509?: CVE-2018-1509 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-1509?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.