IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 4.1.1 cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 4.1.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Service Manager. Performing a manipulation results in cleartext storage. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0441. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 4.1.1 (Directory Service Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Service Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM) 4.1.1 stores passwords in cleartext (1) after external authentication, which triggers writing the password to SM_server.log; and (2) after a reconfig action; which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

The weakness was published 01/24/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0441 since 01/24/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39822), SecurityFocus (BID 27388†), Secunia (SA28603†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019250†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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03/16/2015 +2608 days 🔍
11/09/2017 +969 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0441 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0441
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40695
X-Force: 39822 - IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM) reconfig and SM_server log information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 27388 - IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager Password Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 28603
SecurityTracker: 1019250
Vupen: ADV-2008-0240

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 11/09/2017 09:44
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (51), 11/09/2017 09:44 (12)
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