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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Directory Suite vulnerable to information disclosure (CVE-2018-15473)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Security vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, has been fixed and delivered in IBM Security Directory Suite.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-15473
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSH could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by different responses to valid and invalid authentication attempts. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate valid usernames.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148397 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Security Directory Suite VA8.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

 

Affected Product / VersionFix availability
IBM Security Directory Suite 8.0.1 8.0.1.14-ISS-ISDS_20200826-0644

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

28 Oct 2020: Initial Publication

*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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 November 2020

Initial Publish date:
28 October 2020

UID

ibm16356651