Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) (CVE-2021-20414)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Vulnerabilities identified in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE). These vulnerability have been fixed in GDE - Guardium Tokenization Server 2.6.0.205. Please apply the latest version to obtain the fixes.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-20414
DESCRIPTION: IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) could allow a user to bruce force sensitive information due to not properly limiting the number of interactions.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196216 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product	Version
GDE	3.0.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Listed vulnerabilities (in this security bulletin) are address in below version of IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE). Please apply the latest version to obtain the fix.

Product	Fixed Version	Link for Fixes
GDE	5.0.0.x	Thales Portal -> My Products -> Guardium Data Encryption Components https://supportportal.thalesgroup.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=9e0cd4bcdb84201080b234523996190f&sysparm_article=KB0023088

Workarounds and Mitigations

Please apply the latest version to obtain the fixes.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Nathan Roane, Elaheh Samani and Gabor Minyo from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team

Change History

25 Jun 2021: 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: Vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) (CVE-2021-20414)