CVE-2012-2191

high

Description

IBM Global Security Kit (aka GSKit) before 8.0.14.22, as used in IBM Rational Directory Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and other products, does not properly validate data during execution of a protection mechanism against the Vaudenay SSL CBC timing attack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted values in the TLS Record Layer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2333.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75996

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54743

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606145

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31981

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31980

http://secunia.com/advisories/51279

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-08

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High