CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20409

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 12, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 196188.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Security_verify_information_queue Ibm 1.0.6 (including) 1.0.6 (including)
Security_verify_information_queue Ibm 1.0.7 (including) 1.0.7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References