SQL injection in IBM Security Guardium - CVE-2016-0249

 

SQL injection in IBM Security Guardium - CVE-2016-0249

Published: October 17, 2016 / Updated: October 17, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1014
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0249
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Security Guardium

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command and leads to arbitrary SQL commands execution.
Successful exploitatio of the vulnerability results in SQL injection attack on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0249


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