Security Bulletin: IBM has announced a release for IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence in response to a security vulnerability (CVE-2020-4245)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM has announced a release for IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence (IGI) in response to a security vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to a Weak Password Policy in IBM Security Access Request.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4245
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175423 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence	5.2.6

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	First Fix
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence	5.2.6	5.2.6.0-ISS-SIGI-FP0001

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Kamil Sarbinowski, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher and Elaheh Samani from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team

Change History

05 May 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM has announced a release for IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence in response to a security vulnerability (CVE-2020-4245)