IBM DataPower Gateway up to 7.7.1.3 inadequate encryption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM DataPower Gateway up to 7.6.0.10/7.5.2.17/7.5.1.17/7.5.0.18/7.7.1.3. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-1665. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM DataPower Gateway up to 7.6.0.10/7.5.2.17/7.5.1.17/7.5.0.18/7.7.1.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.10, 7.5.2.0 through 7.5.2.17, 7.5.1.0 through 7.5.1.17, 7.5.0.0 through 7.5.0.18, and 7.7.0.0 through 7.7.1.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 144891.

The bug was discovered 12/11/2018. The weakness was released 12/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1665 since 12/13/2017. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/19/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-127947. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• DataPower Gateway

Version

• 7.5.0.0
• 7.5.0.1
• 7.5.0.2
• 7.5.0.3
• 7.5.0.4
• 7.5.0.5
• 7.5.0.6
• 7.5.0.7
• 7.5.0.8
• 7.5.0.9
• 7.5.0.10
• 7.5.0.11
• 7.5.0.12
• 7.5.0.13
• 7.5.0.14
• 7.5.0.15
• 7.5.0.16
• 7.5.0.17
• 7.5.0.18
• 7.5.1.0
• 7.5.1.1
• 7.5.1.2
• 7.5.1.3
• 7.5.1.4
• 7.5.1.5
• 7.5.1.6
• 7.5.1.7
• 7.5.1.8
• 7.5.1.9
• 7.5.1.10
• 7.5.1.11
• 7.5.1.12
• 7.5.1.13
• 7.5.1.14
• 7.5.1.15
• 7.5.1.16
• 7.5.1.17
• 7.5.2.0
• 7.5.2.1
• 7.5.2.2
• 7.5.2.3
• 7.5.2.4
• 7.5.2.5
• 7.5.2.6
• 7.5.2.7
• 7.5.2.8
• 7.5.2.9
• 7.5.2.10
• 7.5.2.11
• 7.5.2.12
• 7.5.2.13
• 7.5.2.14
• 7.5.2.15
• 7.5.2.16
• 7.5.2.17
• 7.6.0.0
• 7.6.0.1
• 7.6.0.2
• 7.6.0.3
• 7.6.0.4
• 7.6.0.5
• 7.6.0.6
• 7.6.0.7
• 7.6.0.8
• 7.6.0.9
• 7.6.0.10
• 7.7.1.0
• 7.7.1.1
• 7.7.1.2
• 7.7.1.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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