CVE-2016-2927 (GCVE-0-2016-2927)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-25 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:40
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Summary
IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not properly restrict the set of available encryption algorithms, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and performing calculations on encrypted data.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
ibm
References
Date Public
2016-10-08 00:00
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