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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the GSKit component of IBM Cognos Controller (CVE-2016-0201)

Created by Hanna Sigvardsson on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/539755
539755

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability has been addressed in the GSKit component of IBM Cognos Controller.

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

IBM Cognos Controller 10.2.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

24 February 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.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21975249