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Security Bulletin: PostgreSQL Sensitive Information Exposure Vulnerability Affects IBM Connect:Direct Web Services (CVE-2021-32029)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services has addressed a PostgreSQL vulnerability that potentially exposes sensitive information to a remote attacker.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-32029
DESCRIPTION:   PostgreSQL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when using an UPDATE…RETURNING command on a purpose-crafted table. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary bytes of server memory.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/207909 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Sterling Connect Direct Web Services1.0
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services6.0

Remediation/Fixes

Apply 6.2.0.2, available  on Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

19 Nov 2021: 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:
22 November 2021

Initial Publish date:
19 November 2021

UID

ibm16518584