CVE-2021-39022: Security Bulletin: IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) has a vulnerability (CVE-2021-39022), related to hazardous input.

Summary

Vulnerability identified in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE), related to hazardous input. Please apply the latest version for the fixes.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-39022
DESCRIPTION: IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as a command when the file is opened by spreadsheet software.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213858 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/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 and lower

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE)

CipherTrust Tokenization Server (CT-VL)

2.6.3 and lower

Remediation/Fixes

Please apply the fix from below links, to obtain the fixes.
Note: In order to get the fix, customer needs to login to Thales portal.

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

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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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