Security Bulletin: Selection of Less-Secure Algorithm During Negotiation vulnerability affects IBM Security Guardium (CVE-2017-1271)

Summary

IBM Security Guardium supports interaction between multiple actors but does not select the strongest algorithm that is available to both parties. IBM Security Guardium has provided a fix for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1271**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Guardium supports interaction between multiple actors and allows those actors to negotiate which algorithm should be used as a protection mechanism such as encryption or authentication, but it does not select the strongest algorithm that is available to both parties.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124746 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

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, 10.1.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium| 9.0-9.5| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-9.0p757_Bundle_Dec-07-2017_32-bit,SqlGuard-9.0p757_Bundle_Dec-07-2017_64-bit&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium| 10.0-10.1.3| www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?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