What is CVE-2018-6653?

CVE-2018-6653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Comforte Swap, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-6653?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Comforte Swap

CVE-2018-6653

comforte SWAP 1049 through 1069 and 20.0.0 through 21.5.3 (as used in SSLOBJ on HPE NonStop SSL T0910, and in the comforte SecurCS, SecurFTP, SecurLib/SSL-AT, and SecurTN products), after executing the RELOAD CERTIFICATES command, does not ensure that clients use a strong TLS cipher suite, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat intended cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network. This is fixed in 21.6.0.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Comforte Swap
Hp Nonstop_server
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6653?: CVE-2018-6653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Comforte Swap, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-6653?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.