# CVE-2014-6176: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack sessions or read sensitive data because the server ignores SSL settings and forces weak SSLv3 protocol usage.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:** 16 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fp8r-g5fc-7gx9

## What is CVE-2014-6176?

CVE-2014-6176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Business Process Manager, published on 16 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM WebSphere Process Server 7.0, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus 7.0, and Business Process Manager Advanced 7.5.x through 7.5.1.2, 8.0.x through 8.0.1.3, and 8.5.x through 8.5.5 disregard the SSL setting in the SCA module HTTP import binding and unconditionally select the SSLv3 protocol, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions or obtain sensitive information by leveraging the use of a weak cipher.

Weakness: CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6176?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Ibm Business Process Manager, Ibm Websphere Enterprise Service Bus, Ibm Websphere Process Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-6176?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6176 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-6176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Business Process Manager

- [CVE-2015-1961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1961/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-1769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1769/): Cross-site request forgery in Business Process Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1539/): Privilege escalation in Business Process Manager Advanced (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1527/): XML external entity in Business Process Manager Advanced (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-7441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7441/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-6176 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-6176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Business Process Manager, published on 16 Dec 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-2014-6176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Business Process Manager. 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-2014-6176/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6176/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6176
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6176
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-6176

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