CVE-2019-7615: High severity elastic apm agent (ruby) vulnerability

Published Jul 30, 2019
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Updated

A TLS certificate validation flaw was found in Elastic APM agent for Ruby versions before 2.9.0. When specifying a trusted server CA certificate via the 'servercacert' setting, the Ruby agent would not properly verify the certificate returned by the APM server. This could result in a man in the middle style attack against the Ruby agent.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Elastic Apm-agent-ruby Ruby<2.9.0

Event History

Jul 30, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:15 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:15 PM
DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2019-7615?

CVE-2019-7615 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for exploitation in a man-in-the-middle attack.

2

How do I fix CVE-2019-7615?

To fix CVE-2019-7615, upgrade the Elastic APM agent for Ruby to version 2.9.0 or later.

3

What versions are affected by CVE-2019-7615?

CVE-2019-7615 affects all versions of the Elastic APM agent for Ruby prior to 2.9.0.

4

What exploitation can occur due to CVE-2019-7615?

If exploited, CVE-2019-7615 can allow an attacker to perform man-in-the-middle attacks by bypassing TLS certificate validation.

5

Is CVE-2019-7615 specific to a certain programming language?

Yes, CVE-2019-7615 specifically affects the Elastic APM agent for Ruby.

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