Microsoft Rome SDK 1.4.1 Certificate Validation certificate validation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Rome SDK 1.4.1. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-1231. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Rome SDK 1.4.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way Rome SDK handles server SSL/TLS certificate validation, aka 'Rome SDK Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.

The weakness was disclosed 09/10/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-1231 since 11/26/2018. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way Rome SDK handles server SSL/TLS certificate validation. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to establish connection with an invalid SSL/TLS server certificate.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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• Microsoft

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• Rome SDK

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• 1.4.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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