What is CVE-2016-2927?

CVE-2016-2927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-2927?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Ibm Bigfix Remote Control

CVE-2016-2927

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Bigfix_remote_control
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2927?: CVE-2016-2927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Bigfix Remote Control, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-2927?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.