CVE-2019-4551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 does not perform an authentication check for a critical resource or functionality allowing anonymous users access to protected areas. IBM X-Force ID: 165953.

Published: 2020-02-04

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

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 Directory Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.4.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-14158	IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 does not perform an authentication check for a critical resource or functionality allowing anonymous users access to protected areas. IBM X-Force ID: 165953.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01278.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165953
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1288660

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Security Directory Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2020-02-04T16:45:36.361Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:46:52.622Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-4551

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-04T17:15:12.717

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:36:38.320

Link: CVE-2019-4551

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-306
Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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