Vulnerability CVE-2021-38979

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-38979 (CCN-212785)

Assigned:

2021-11-12

Published:

2021-11-12

Updated:

2022-07-12

Summary:

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the software does not also use a salt as part of the input. IBM X-Force ID: 212785.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

4.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
3.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): High User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None