CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-4693

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Aug 26, 2020 | Modified: Aug 27, 2020
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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 Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 171831.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Guardium_data_encryption Ibm 3.0.0.2 (including) 3.0.0.2 (including)
Guardium_for_cloud_key_management Ibm * 1.7.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References