Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) (CVE-2017-18214, CVE-2016-4055, CVE-2021-20413)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities identified in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE). These vulnerabilities have been fixed in GDE 4.0.0.5. Please apply the latest version to obtain the fixes.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-18214
DESCRIPTION: Node.js moment module is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a low severity regular expression denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135364 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-4055
DESCRIPTION: The Node.js moment module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the regular expression implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a regular expression to cause the application to hang.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112574 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2021-20413
DESCRIPTION: IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196212 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
GDE	4.0.0.4

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)	Fixed Version
GDE	4.0.0.5

Affected Component	Fixed Version
IBM Guardium for Cloud Key Management (GCKM)	GCKM 1.9

Workarounds and Mitigations

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References

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Acknowledgement

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

Change History

08 Mar 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: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) (CVE-2017-18214, CVE-2016-4055, CVE-2021-20413)