IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 inadequate encryption

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in inadequate encryption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-1366. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance up to 5.2.3.2 (Access Management Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance 5.2 through 5.2.3.2 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 126859.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2018. The weakness was presented 08/06/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-1366 since 11/29/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/01/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-121397, VDB-121396, VDB-122654 and VDB-122644 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Access Management Software

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• IBM

Name

• Security Identity Governance Virtual Appliance

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• 5.2.3.0
• 5.2.3.1
• 5.2.3.2

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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