CVE-2021-39076: IBM Security Guardium is affected by path traversal and crypto vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-29425, CVE-2021-39076)

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has fixed these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-29425
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons IO could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper input validation by the FileNameUtils.normalize method. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199852 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-39076
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Guardium uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215585 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)

Version(s)

IBM Security Guardium

10.5

IBM Security Guardium

11.3

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

References

Off

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., John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Vince Dragnea, Tr

Change History

18 Apr 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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