# CVE-2017-1595: Information disclosure in Security Guardium

> A local attacker can obtain highly sensitive information from IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor via unspecified vectors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Dec 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9v3x-x3r4-pwmp

## What is CVE-2017-1595?

CVE-2017-1595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 20 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 Database Activity Monitor could allow a local attacker to obtain highly sensitive information via unspecified vectors. IBM X-Force ID: 132549.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1595?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Security Guardium.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1595?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1595 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1595 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1595 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium

- [CVE-2023-35893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35893/): IBM Security Guardium command execution (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-1253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1253/): Command injection in Security Guardium (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-1269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1269/): SQL injection in Security Guardium (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47709/): IBM Security Guardium command injection (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-30435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30435/): IBM Security Guardium cross-site scripting (high 8.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1595 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 20 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1595 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Security Guardium. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1595/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1595/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1595
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1595
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1595

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