IBM Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache Zookeeper could affect IBM Performance Management products (CVE-2018-8012)

Nov 3, 2018 9:01 am EDT

Categorized: High Severity

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Apache Zookeeper could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to enforce authentication or authorization when a server attempts to join a quorum. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to join the cluster and begin propagating counterfeit changes to the leader.

CVE(s): CVE-2018-8012

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):

IBM Monitoring 8.1.3
IBM Application Diagnostics 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced 8.1.3
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Base Private 8.1.4
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Advanced Private 8.1.4

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738217
X-Force Database: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143565

from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team https://ift.tt/2QcksMR