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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by a Password in Clear Text vulnerability

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Summary

IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1498
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141223 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM Security Guardium

Affected Versions
IBM Security Guardium 10.5

Remediation/Fixes

 

Product
VRMF
Remediation / First Fix
IBM Security Guardium 10.5 https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FInformation+Management%2FInfoSphere+Guardium&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p512_Sep-24-2018&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=IBM%20Security

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

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

Change History

Sep 27, 2018: 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.

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Internal Use Only

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 September 2018

UID

ibm10730317