CVE-2021-38933 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX 1.5 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 210574.

Published: 2023-07-19

Score: 5.9 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

Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:express_for_unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-25370	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX 1.5 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 210574.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

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 0.00029.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210574
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7010925

History

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix Sterling Connect\

Linux Linux Kernel

Oracle Solaris

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2023-07-19T01:22:12.736Z

Updated: 2024-10-21T18:12:35.944Z

Reserved: 2021-08-16T18:59:46.177Z

Link: CVE-2021-38933

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:51:20.710Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-19T02:15:09.130

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:18:14.397

Link: CVE-2021-38933

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-327

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