Security Bulletin
Summary
When the IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres Standard for IBM Cloud Pak for Data and IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres Enterprise for IBM Cloud Pak for Data are configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-23214
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements when the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213379 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres Standard for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 2.0, 4.0.x |
| IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres Standard for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 2.0, 4.0.x |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected version | Version | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres Standard for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 2.0, 4.0.x | Upgrade to version 4.0.4 via the steps outlined in the Cloud Pak for Data Documentation. |
| IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres Enterprise for IBM Cloud Pak for Data | 2.0, 4.0.x | Upgrade to version 4.0.4 via the steps outlined in the Cloud Pak for Data Documentation. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres (Standard or Enterprise) for IBM Cloud Pak for Data to version 4.0.4.
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References
Acknowledgement
Jacob Champion
Change History
11 Feb 2022: 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:
11 February 2022
Initial Publish date:
11 February 2022
UID
ibm16555470