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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.0188
A vulnerability in the GSKit component of IBM Personal Communications
27 January 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Personal Communications
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-0201
Reference: ESB-2016.0171
ESB-2016.0150
ESB-2016.0149
ESB-2016.0128
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21974947
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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the GSKit component of IBM Personal
Communications (CVE-2016-0201)
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for:
Personal Communications
Software version:
6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10,
6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.0.16
Operating system(s):
Windows
Reference #:
1974947
Modified date:
2016-01-25
Summary
A vulnerability has been addressed in the GSKit component of IBM Personal
Communications.
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 Personal Communications 6.0.0 - 6.0.16
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
IBM Personal Communications 6.0.16 Special Build N/A http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Rational&product=ibm/Rational/IBM+Personal+Communications&release=6.0.16.0&platform=Windows&function=all
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
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
22 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
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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