CVE-2012-2191 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash applications using IBM GSKit by sending crafted TLS records, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2191?
CVE-2012-2191 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Global Security Kit (aka GSKit) before 8.0.14.22, as used in IBM Rational Directory Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and other products, does not properly validate data during execution of a protection mechanism against the Vaudenay SSL CBC timing attack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted values in the TLS Record Layer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2333.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2191?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Ibm Global Security Kit, Ibm Rational Directory Server, Ibm Tivoli Directory Server.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2191?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-2191 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2191 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9f2v-g758-7mf3.