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Security Bulletin: IBM MessageSight affected by GSKit Sweet32 Birthday attacks (CVE-2016-2183)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MessageSight is affected by a GSKit vulnerability in the MQClient.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 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 MessageSight

v1.1 - 1.1.0.1
IBM MessageSight v1.2 – 1.2.0.3
IBM MessageSight v2.0 - 2.0.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM MessageSight
1.2
IT19404
IBM MessageSight
1.1
IT19404
IBM MessageSight
2.0
IT19404

Workarounds and Mitigations

Disable 3DES ciphers in connected servers or clients.

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

7 March 2017: Original document published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21999452