CVE-2016-2977 Business logic in Sametime
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-2977 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-2977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sametime, published on 29 Aug 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2977 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: IBM Sametime. 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-2016-2977/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2977/index.md)
A malicious user can improperly lower other users' hands in IBM Sametime meetings, disrupting normal meeting flow.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-2977?
CVE-2016-2977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Sametime, published on 29 Aug 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Sametime Meeting Server 8.5.2 and 9.0 could allow a malicious user to lower other users hands in the meeting. IBM X-Force ID: 113937.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2977?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Sametime.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2977?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-2977 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2977 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sametime
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x52p-fq98-rxm2.