CVE-2016-5988 (GCVE-0-2016-5988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-01 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:15
VLAI
Summary
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance could disclose sensitive information in generated error messages that would be available to an authenticated user.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Obtain Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation Privileged Identity Manager Affected: 1.0.1
Affected: 1.0.1.1
Affected: 2.0.0
Affected: 2.0.1
Affected: 2.0.2
Affected: 2.1.0
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