CVE-2016-2953 (GCVE-0-2016-2953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-30 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:40
VLAI
Summary
IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, and 5.0 before CR4 does not require SSL, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
ibm
References
Date Public
2016-10-08 00:00
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