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Security Bulletin: IBM Guardium Data Encryption is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (CVE-2020-7676)

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Summary

A vulnerability to cross-site scripting exists in angular.js which is used in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE). Please apply the latest version for the fixes.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-7676
DESCRIPTION:   angular.js is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183379 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Product NameComponent NameAffected Version
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE)Guardium Cloud Key Manager (GCKM)GCKM 1.10.1 and lower 

Remediation/Fixes

Please apply the fix linked below.
Note: In order to get the fix, customer needs to login to Thales portal.

Component Name Fixed in VersionPatch/Upgrade link
GCKM (Guardium Cloud Key Manager)1.10.2https://supportportal.thalesgroup.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=3f16cf99dbc20110f0e3220805961916&sysparm_article=KB0025602

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Gabor Minyo, Geoffrey Owden, and Ben Goodspeed from the IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team.

Change History

08 Mar 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:
09 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
08 March 2022

UID

ibm16562165