CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-1518

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Published: Oct 18, 2018 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is affected by a weak password encryption vulnerability that could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 141682.

Weakness

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Infosphere_information_server Ibm 11.7 (including) 11.7 (including)
Infosphere_information_server_on_cloud Ibm 11.7 (including) 11.7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References