Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Password in Clear Text vulnerability (CVE-2016-0247)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Security Guardium could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information including password information that would be transmitted in clear text.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0247
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Guardium could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information including password information that would be transmitted in clear text.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110457 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

IBM Security Guardium V 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.5, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1

Remediation/Fixes

VRMF	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor	8.2	https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_8.2p310_Bundle_Sep-27-2016&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor	9x	https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p700_GPU_September-2016_64-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p1086_LanguageUpdate_GPU-700_64-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p700_GPU_September-2016_32-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p1086_LanguageUpdate_GPU-700_32-bit&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor	10x	https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p100_GPU-May-2016-V10.1&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Acknowledgement

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

Change History

10/03/2016 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.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

70190

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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Password in Clear Text vulnerability (CVE-2016-0247)