What is CVE-2016-6116?

CVE-2016-6116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-6116?

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

Information disclosure in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager

CVE-2016-6116

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 and 2.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th 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 Security_key_lifecycle_manager — versions 2.5.0, 2.5.0.0, 2.5.0.1
Ibm Corporation Key Lifecycle Manager — versions 2.6, 1.0, 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6116?: CVE-2016-6116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-6116?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.