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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Password in Clear Text vulnerability (CVE-2017-1259)

Created by Ofra Shinitzky on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/299449
299449

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Guardium transmits user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by an attacker. IBM Security Guardium has provided a fix for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1259
DESCRIPTION:
IBM Security Guardium transmits user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by an attacker using man in the middle techniques.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124686 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team: Ron Craig, Warren Moynihan, Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Dmitriy Beryoza

Change History

12/18/17: Original Version Published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg22010429