CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-4568

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Nov 10, 2020 | Modified: Nov 17, 2020
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/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 Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, and 4.0 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 184157.

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
Security_key_lifecycle_manager Ibm 3.0 (including) 3.0 (including)
Security_key_lifecycle_manager Ibm 3.0.1 (including) 3.0.1 (including)
Security_key_lifecycle_manager Ibm 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References