CVE-2023-50937 (GCVE-0-2023-50937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-02 00:10 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:23
VLAI
Title
IBM PowerSC information disclosure
Summary
IBM PowerSC 1.3, 2.0, and 2.1 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 275117.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM PowerSC Affected: 1.3, 2.0, 2.1
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ibm powersc Affected: 1.3
Affected: 2.0
Affected: 2.1
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    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powersc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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