Security Bulletin:  IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor is affected by Missing HTTP Strict-Transport-Security Header vulnerability (CVE-2016-0240)

Summary

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor does not force the HTTP Strict-Transport-Security Header. This could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0240**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor does not force the HTTP Strict-Transport-Security Header. This could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110411&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor V 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.5, 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1

Remediation/Fixes

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Remediation/First Fix_|

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IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor| _
8.2_| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_8.2p310_Bundle_Sep-27-2016&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor| _
9x_| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p700_GPU_September-2016_64-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p1086_LanguageUpdate_GPU-700_64-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p700_GPU_September-2016_32-bit,SqlGuard_9.0p1086_LanguageUpdate_GPU-700_32-bit&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor| _
10x_| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p100_GPU-May-2016-V10.1&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None