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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the GSKit component of Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (CVE-2016-0201)

Created by Alex Greenbank on

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability has been addressed in the GSKit component of Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

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

Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.0
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.4.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
OMNIbus8.1.0.6IV79952http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041385
OMNIbus 7.4.0.9IV79952http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041382

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

27 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21975525

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