Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Guardium has fixed these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-38153
DESCRIPTION: Apache Kafka could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing attack flaw due to the use of "Arrays.equals" to validate a password or key. By utilizing brute-force attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209762 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-3712
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read when processing ASN.1 strings. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2021-23222
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by libpq. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack to inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218383 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-3677
DESCRIPTION: Postgresql could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the memory disclosure in certain queries. By sending a specially-crafted query, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221070 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
IBM Security Guardium | 11.0 |
IBM Security Guardium | 11.1 |
IBM Security Guardium | 11.2 |
IBM Security Guardium | 11.3 |
IBM Security Guardium | 11.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
18 Apr 2022: Initial Publication
12 May 22: Second Publication
20 Sep 22: Third 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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Document Information
Modified date:
08 November 2022
UID
ibm16572989