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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.2710
Security Bulletin: Command injection and privilege
escalation affect IBM Security Guardium (CVE-2015-5043 )
28 October 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Security Guardium
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Console/Physical
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-5043
Original Bulletin:
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21968616
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Security Bulletin: Command injection and privilege escalation affect IBM
Security Guardium (CVE-2015-5043 )
Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Guardium command line diag script could allow a local attacker to
gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a scripting failure.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5043
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Guardium command line diag script could allow a
local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a
scripting failure. By attacker entry of certain key sequences, an attacker
could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the vulnerable
system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106935 for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
8.2, 9x, 10
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
IBM Security Guardium 8.2 PSIRT 63403 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_8.2p6015_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 9.x PSIRT 63403 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p6015_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 10 PSIRT 63403 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p6015_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
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References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
Valerii Smirnov
*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.
Disclaimer
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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