Elastic APM Agent up to 2.8.x on Ruby TLS Certificate Validation Man-in-the-Middle weak authentication

A vulnerability has been found in Elastic APM Agent up to 2.8.x on Ruby (Ruby Gem) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component TLS Certificate Validation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak authentication vulnerability (Man-in-the-Middle). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-300. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 07/30/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-7615 since 02/07/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 2.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

Type

• Ruby Gem

Vendor

• Elastic

Name

• APM Agent

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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Class: Weak authentication / Man-in-the-Middle (CWE-300)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: APM Agent 2.9.0

02/07/2019 CVE assigned
07/30/2019 +173 days Advisory disclosed
07/31/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
07/31/2019 +0 days VulDB last update
CVE: CVE-2019-7615 (🔒)Created: 07/31/2019 10:04 AM
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