CVE-2021-39023: Vulnerability CVE-2021-39023 in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE)

Summary

Vulnerability identified in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE). Please apply the latest version for the fixes.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-39023
DESCRIPTION: IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base score: 2.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213860 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Product Name

Component Name

Affected Version

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE)

Guardium Cloud Key Manager (GCKM)

1.10.1

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE)

CipherTrust Tokenization Server (CT-VL)

2.6.4.21

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE)

CipherTrust Manager ( CM)

2.6

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.

Change History

04 May 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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