Security Bulletin: Shell injection in CLI 'support execute' command affect IBM Security Guardium (CVE-2016-9974)

Summary

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor could allow a locally authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-9974**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor could allow a locally authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120250&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V9.0, 9.1, 9.5

IBM Security Guardium V10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium| 9x| Contact support for further instructions
IBM Security Guardium| 10x| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=10.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p200_GPU_Nov-2016-V10.1.2&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None