cve-2021-38949
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-16 16:55
Modified
2024-09-17 00:50
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
IBM MQ 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 211403.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211403Broken Link, VDB Entry
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516424Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211403Broken Link, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516424Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM MQ Version: 8.0.0
Version: 9.0.0
Version: 9.1.0
Version: 7.5.0
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