SB2017050834 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Content Manager Enterprise Edition
Published: May 8, 2017 Updated: January 29, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Modification of information (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5552)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to modify information.The weakness exists due to unknown error in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Networking component. A remote attacker can modify arbitrary data on the system.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2183)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to decrypt transmitted data.
The vulnerability exists due to remote user's ability to control the network and capture long duration 3DES CBC mode encrypted session during which he can see a part of the text. In case of repeated sending the attacker can read the part and reconstruct the whole text.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to decode transmitted data. This vulnerability is known as SWEET32.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.