CVE-2008-5328 (GCVE-0-2008-5328)

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 before 7 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 during an import process.
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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