Security Bulletin
Summary
Security vulnerabilities have been identified in GSKIT that is integrated with IBM DB2 and shipped with IBM InfoSphere BigInsights. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting GSKIT has been published in a security bulletin.
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
For affected versions, apply the interim fix from Fix Central by following instructions in Readme.
| BigInsights Version | Fix Central Link | Readme |
| 4.x | Fix Central link |  BigInsights_Applying Big SQL fix for CVE-2016-0201.docx |
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References
Change History
15 April 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:
18 July 2020
UID
swg21974944