CVE-2019-0729High

Azure IoT Java SDK Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
February 12, 2019
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way Azure IoT Java SDK generates symmetric keys for encryption, allowing an attacker to predict the randomness of the key. An attacker could derive the keys from the way they are generated and use them to access a user's IoT hub. This update addresses the vulnerability by randomizing the key generation within Azure IoT SDK.

🎯 Affected products1

  • Java SDK for Azure IoT

✅ Remediation

KBRelease Notes (Security Update)

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