Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by a Bouncy Castle vulnerability

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-5382
DESCRIPTION: Bouncy Castle could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the BKS version 1 keystore files. By utilizing an HMAC that is only 16 bits long for the MAC key size, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute-force techniques to crack a BKS-V1 keystore file in seconds and gain access to the keystore contents.
CVSS Base Score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140465 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM Security Guardium	Affected Versions
IBM Security Guardium	9.0-9.5
IBM Security Guardium	10.0 - 10.5

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	Remediation / First Fix
IBM Security Guardium	9.0 - 9.5	http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=9.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p770_CombinedFixPackForGPU750_64-bit&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium	10.0 - 10.5	https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFix?product=ibm%2FInformation+Management%2FInfoSphere+Guardium&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p512_Sep-24-2018&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=IBM%20Security

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

Sept 06, 2018: Original Version Published
Sept 27, 2018: Second Version Published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by a Bouncy Castle vulnerability