Security Bulletin
Summary
A libssh2 could provide weaker than expected security vulnerability affects IBM Identity Security Governance
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-0787
DESCRIPTION: libssh2 could provide weaker than expected security, caused by a type confusion error during the SSHv2 handshake resulting in the generation of a reduced amount of random bits for Diffie-Hellman. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the truncated Diffie-Hellman secret to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111562 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.1
Remediation/Fixes
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IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence | 5.2.1 | None | 5.2.1.0-ISS-SIGI-IF0001 |
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References
Change History
9 May 2016: Initial Draft
*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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21982092