CVE-2012-5940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WebAdmin application 6.0.5, 6.0.8, and 7.0 before P2 in IBM Netezza, when SSL is not enabled, allows remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network during the authentication process.

Published: 2013-02-20

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:netezza:6.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:netezza:6.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:ibm:netezza:7.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5814	The WebAdmin application 6.0.5, 6.0.8, and 7.0 before P2 in IBM Netezza, when SSL is not enabled, allows remote attackers to discover credentials by sniffing the network during the authentication process.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00186.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21624568
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80535

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Netezza

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2013-02-20T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:21:27.755Z

Reserved: 2012-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5940

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-02-20T12:09:22.287

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5940

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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