What is CVE-2017-1229?

CVE-2017-1229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Bigfix Family, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-1229?

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

Information disclosure in Ibm Bigfix Family

CVE-2017-1229

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix 9.2 and 9.5) 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. IBM X-Force ID: 123908.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th 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 Family — versions 9.5, 9.2
Ibm Bigfix_platform — versions 9.2, 9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1229?: CVE-2017-1229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Bigfix Family, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-1229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.