PT-2021-12270 · Ibm · Ibm Security Guardium

Published 2021-05-24 · Updated 2021-05-25 · CVE-2020-4990

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Security Guardium version 11.2

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to send specially crafted SQL statements, potentially enabling them to view, add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database. This is a result of a SQL injection vulnerability.

Recommendations For IBM Security Guardium version 11.2, consider restricting access to the database to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limit the ability to send specially crafted SQL statements to prevent potential attacks on the back-end database. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-4990

Affected Products

Ibm Security Guardium

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4990 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4990 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192710 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6455265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/15001 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/14927 · Telegram Post