Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by a Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-4952)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has fixed this vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4952
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Guardium could allow an authenticated user to gain root access due to improper access control.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192028 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Security Guardium	11.1
IBM Security Guardium	11.2
IBM Security Guardium	11.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product	Versions	Fix
IBM Security Guardium	11.1	http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p130_Bundle_Feb-19-2021&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium	11.2	http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p225_Bundle_Dec-30-2020&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium	11.3	http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p315_Bundle_May-21-2021&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

Swedbank

Change History

19 Jan 2021: Initial Publication
07 June 2021: Second 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 Security Guardium is affected by a Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-4952)