CVE-2016-5919 Weak cryptography in Access Manager

What is CVE-2016-5919?

CVE-2016-5919 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation Access Manager, published on 16 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0.0, 8.0.0, and 9.0.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM Reference #: 1996868.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5919?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Ibm Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Mobile, Ibm Security Access Manager for Web 7.0 Firmware, Ibm Security Access Manager for Web 8.0 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5919?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5919 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-5919 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5919 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Access Manager

• CVE-2016-2908 XML external entity in Access Manager Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-1453 Command injection in Security Access Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2016-3029 Cross-site request forgery in Access Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2017-1477 XML external entity in Security Access Manager High 8.1
• CVE-2015-5018 Command injection in n/a High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mccf-9mcx-74pc.