First published: Tue Aug 11 2020(Updated: )
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local privileged user.
Credit: psirt@us.ibm.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
IBM Guardium Data Encryption | =3.0.0.2 | |
Ibm Guardium For Cloud Key Management | <1.7.0 | |
<=3.0.0.2 |
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The severity of CVE-2019-4693 is medium.
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) version 3.0.0.2 is affected by CVE-2019-4693.
Yes, storing user credentials in plain text is the vulnerability in CVE-2019-4693.
A local privileged user can exploit CVE-2019-4693 by reading the user credentials stored in plain text.
You can find more information about CVE-2019-4693 on the IBM X-Force ID 171831 page and the IBM Support page.