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ibmIBMD70B58CD02377870C76BF0698665C08CF862CCA3BF341AE324E35B6F608ABA8A
HistoryNov 08, 2022 - 8:10 p.m.

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by a PolicyKit vulnerability (CVE-2021-4034)

2022-11-0820:10:55
www.ibm.com
37

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has fixed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-4034
**DESCRIPTION:**Polkit could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect handling of the argument vectors in the pkexec utility. By crafting environment variables in a specific way, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute commands with root privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218087 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Security Guardium 10.5
IBM Security Guardium 10.6
IBM Security Guardium 11.0
IBM Security Guardium 11.1
IBM Security Guardium 11.2
IBM Security Guardium 11.3
IBM Security Guardium 11.4

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Product Version ** Fix**
IBM Security Guardium 10.5 http://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_10.0p550_Bundle_Mar-27-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 http://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_10.0p694_Bundle_Aug-11-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 11.0 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p45_Bundle_May-03-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 11.1 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-11.0p165_Bundle_Sep_01_2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p277_Bundle_Oct-26-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 11.3 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p360_Bundle_Mar-24-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium 11.4 http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p430_Bundle_Apr-28-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0005 Low

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