Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in RC4 stream cipher affects IBM InfoSphere Guardium (CVE-2015-2808)

Summary

The RC4 “Bar Mitzvah” Attack for SSL/TLS affects IBM InfoSphere Guardium.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2808

DESCRIPTION: The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely expose account credentials without requiring an active man-in-the-middle session. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve credit card data or other sensitive information. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as “Bar Mitzvah Attack”.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101851 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM InfoSphere Guardium : V 8.2, 9.x

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
InfoSphere Guardium Database Activity Monitoring| 8.2| PSIRT 53185| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_8.2p6008_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
InfoSphere Guardium Database Activity Monitoring| 9.x| PSIRT 53185| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p6008_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

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