CVE-2021-20427

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 196314.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-20427

Assigner
psirt@us.ibm.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-08-11T16:15:07

Last Modified Date
2021-08-19T15:21:27

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-307	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/307.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium:11.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196314	VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6479913	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20427
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20427

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:56:39				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 07:55:40	2021-08-11T16:15Z	2021-08-11T16:15:07	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 07:55:41		2021-08-19T15:21:27	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 07:55:41		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated