# CVE-2013-4030: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Remote attackers can defeat cryptographic protections on IBM IMM 2 via brute-force attacks due to support for SSL cipher suites with short keys.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53ff-hmxc-3jpp

## What is CVE-2013-4030?

CVE-2013-4030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Integrated Management Module (IMM) 2 1.00 through 2.00 on IBM System X and Flex System servers supports SSL cipher suites with short keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a brute-force attack against (1) SSL or (2) TLS traffic.

Weakness: CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4030?

It affects 31 products.


Products: Ibm Bladecenter, Ibm Flex System Manager Node 7955, Ibm Flex System Manager Node 8731, Ibm Flex System Manager Node 8734, Ibm Flex System X220 Compute Node, Ibm Flex System X240 Compute Node, Ibm Flex System X440 Compute Node, Ibm Integrated Management Module 2, Ibm System X3100 M4, Ibm System X3250 M4, Ibm System X3300 M4, Ibm System X3500 M2, Ibm System X3500 M3, Ibm System X3500 M4, Ibm System X3530 M4, Ibm System X3550 M2, Ibm System X3550 M3, Ibm System X3550 M4, Ibm System X3630 M3, Ibm System X3630 M4 and 11 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-4030?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4030 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-4030 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-4031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4031/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-4037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4037/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2013-4038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4038/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4030 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-4030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4030/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4030/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4030
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4030
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4030

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4030/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.