Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2016-0246)

Summary

IBM Security Guardium is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0246**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Guardium is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110455&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.5, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor | 8.2| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_8.2p310_Bundle_Sep-27-2016&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor | 9x| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p700_GPU_September-2016_64-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p1086_LanguageUpdate_GPU-700_64-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p700_GPU_September-2016_32-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p1086_LanguageUpdate_GPU-700_32-bit&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor | 10x| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p100_GPU-May-2016-V10.1&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None