VDB-93890 · CVE-2016-2953 · BID 94415

IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-2953. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Connections up to 4.0 CR4/4.5 CR5/5.0 CR3 (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, and 5.0 before CR4 does not require SSL, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.

The weakness was published 11/30/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2953 since 03/09/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94415†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93894, VDB-93892 and VDB-93891. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/09/2016 🔍
11/30/2016 +266 days 🔍
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05/18/2018 +534 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2953 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2953
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93890
SecurityFocus: 94415

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2016 20:59
Updated: 05/18/2018 23:15
Changes: 11/30/2016 20:59 (41), 05/18/2018 23:15 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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