CVE-2008-5327 (GCVE-0-2008-5327)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
The ClearQuest Maintenance Tool in IBM Rational ClearQuest 7 before 7.1 stores the database password in cleartext in an object in a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by locating the password object within the object tree.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://secunia.com/advisories/32847 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-12-01 00:00
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