CVE-2021-38859 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Security Verify Privilege On-Premises 11.5 could allow a user to obtain version number information using a specially crafted HTTP request that could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 207899.

Published: 2023-10-17

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

IBM

Security Verify Privilege

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`11.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_privilege_on-premises:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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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-2021-25296	IBM Security Verify Privilege On-Premises 11.5 could allow a user to obtain version number information using a specially crafted HTTP request that could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 207899.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00083.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/207899
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7047202

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

Ibm Security Verify Privilege On-premises

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2023-10-17T01:15:31.784Z

Updated: 2024-09-13T20:14:21.782Z

Reserved: 2021-08-16T18:59:46.141Z

Link: CVE-2021-38859

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:51:20.324Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-17T02:15:10.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:18:06.190

Link: CVE-2021-38859

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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