What is CVE-2024-39746?

CVE-2024-39746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-39746?

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

Vulnerability in Ibm Aix

CVE-2024-39746

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 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.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Aix
Ibm Sterling Connect:direct Web Services — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Ibm Sterling_connect_direct_web_services — versions 6.0, 6.1.0, 6.2.0
Linux Linux_kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39746?: CVE-2024-39746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-39746?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.