Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-42019

Ibm Infosphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 – 11.7.1.0

Published
01 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0052 41th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-42019 is a medium-severity Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CWE-311) vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere Information Server. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 41th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 265161.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
infosphere information server
11.7.0.0 — 11.7.1.0 · 11.7.0.0 — 11.7.1.4

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 7 hardening rules · 7 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-311

Privacy and security training stresses encryption of sensitive data, reducing missing encryption weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-311

Exchange agreements must document security requirements, which would include encryption to protect sensitive data in transit.

addresses: CWE-311

The map highlights data actions that involve sensitive data, enabling identification of missing encryption requirements.

addresses: CWE-311

Settings can require encryption of sensitive data, preventing missing encryption weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-311

Architectures must describe confidentiality protections, which includes mandating encryption for sensitive data in transit and at rest.

addresses: CWE-311

Privacy and security curricula stress encryption requirements, reducing missing encryption of sensitive data.

addresses: CWE-311

Requires encryption and similar controls for CUI processed or stored externally, preventing missing encryption of sensitive data.

addresses: CWE-311

Monitoring detects missing encryption of sensitive data in storage or transit configurations.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.DS-01 mostly match
prevents

PR.DS-01 directly mandates encryption for data-at-rest and therefore prevents CWE-311 mostly for storage, yet the weakness also spans transmission and other contexts that this single at-rest control leaves unaddressed.

PR.DS-02 partial match
prevents

PR.DS-02 directly eliminates the transmission facet of CWE-311 via mandatory encryption but leaves the storage facet untouched, so each direction rates only partial.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Explicit rules requiring encryption for sensitive information in transit eliminate the weakness of sending data without cryptographic protection.

prevents

Explicitly calling for protection of data in transit and at rest, plus secure encryption of communications, drives the implementation of encryption that prevents clear-text exposure of sensitive information.

References