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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the GSKit component of Client Software Development Kit (CSDK) (CVE-2016-0201)

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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/539237
539237

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability has been addressed in the GSKit, component of Informix Client Software Development Kit (CSDK)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0201
DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a MD5 collision. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109310 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Client Software Development Kit (CSDK): 3.70 and 4.10

Remediation/Fixes

This vulnerability affects the OpenSSL component of GSKit. GSKit is a shared library component used by Client Software Development Kit (CSDK) versions 3.70 and 4.10. To resolve this vulnerability, apply the fix.

Product

Remediation/First Fix (GSKit 8.50.57)
CSDK 3.70

and

CSDK 4.10

Linux: x86_32, x86_64, ARM_32, ARM_64

Linux: pSeries_64, zSeries_31, zSeries_64

Windows: x86_32, x86_64

Aix: pSeries_32, pSeries_64

Solaris: SPARC_32, SPARC_64

Solaris: x86_32, x86_64

HP-UX: IA_32, IA_64

Mac: x86_64

Note: CSDK version 3.50 is not affected by this vulnerability.

For unsupported CSDK versions, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/ release/ platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

22 January 2016. Original version 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:
03 June 2021

UID

swg21974872

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