CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-23896

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Jun 02, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.7 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the administrator interface of McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows an administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Insights Server used to pass data to the Insights Server. This user is restricted to only have access to DBSec data in the Insights Server.

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
Database_security Mcafee * 4.8.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References