Security Bulletin: SQL injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL affects IBM Connect:Direct Web Services (CVE-2021-23214)

Summary

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services has addressed a PostgreSQL vulnerability “A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements when the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.”

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-23214
**DESCRIPTION:**PostgreSQL is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements when the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213379 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|Version(s)|**Remediation
**
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Sterling Connect Direct Web Services| 1.0| Apply 6.0.0.7, available on Fix Central
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.0| Apply 6.0.0.7, available on Fix Central
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.1| Apply 6.1.0.10, available on Fix Central
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.2| Apply 6.2.0.4, available on Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None