Security Bulletin: Session Identifier Not Updated vulnerability affects IBM Security Guardium (CVE-2017-1270 )

Summary

IBM Security Guardium does not renew a session variable after a successful authentication which could lead to session fixation/hijacking vulnerability. IBM Security Guardium has fixed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1270**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Guardium does not renew a session variable after a successful authentication which could lead to session fixation/hijacking vulnerability. This could force a user to utilize a cookie that may be known to an attacker.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124745 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium| 10.0-10.1.3| 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_10.0p400_GPU_Dec-2017-V10.1.4&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None