CVE-2018-1368 Missing authorization in Security Guardium

What is CVE-2018-1368?

CVE-2018-1368 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, published on 9 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 9.0, 9.1, and 9.5 could allow a local user with low privileges to view report pages and perform some actions that only an admin should be performing, so there is risk that someone not authorized can change things that they are not suppose to. IBM X-Force ID: 137765.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1368?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1368 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2018-1368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium

• CVE-2017-1601 Weak cryptography in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-0239 Privilege escalation in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-0241 Auth bypass in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-0236 Command injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-0235 Hardcoded credentials in n/a High 8.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7f8q-qqg3-wjgj.