Spoofing attack in IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance - CVE-2016-0339

 

Spoofing attack in IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance - CVE-2016-0339

Published: July 11, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0339
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability exists in IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance. A remote attacker with the ability to monitor communications on the network can spoof another user due to invalid session identifiers after the victim has logged out.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of user information.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0339

IBM has issued a fix (7.0.1-ISS-SIM-FP0003).

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