CVE-2017-3969 (GCVE-0-2017-3969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-04 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:55
VLAI
Title
SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Abuse of communication channels vulnerability
Summary
Abuse of communication channels vulnerability in the server in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt messages via an inadequate implementation of SSL.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Abuse of communication channels vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.7.42.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-03-29 00:00
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