CVE-2019-4713 Command injection in Security Guardium Data Encryption

High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption systems via specially-crafted requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-4713?

CVE-2019-4713 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption, published on 26 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 172084.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4713?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Guardium Data Encryption, Ibm Guardium for Cloud Key Management.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4713?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4713 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-4713 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4713 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mf23-gg7j-9g6j.

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