Information disclosure in Sametime - CVE-2016-2971

 

Information disclosure in Sametime - CVE-2016-2971

Published: August 28, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8028
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2971
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Sametime

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to server may send replies to the wrong email addresses. A remote attacker can disclose sensitive information in stack trace error logs and perform further attacks.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-2971

Update to version 9.0.1 FP1.

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