CVE-2017-1665 Weak cryptography in Security Key Lifecycle Manager

What is CVE-2017-1665?

CVE-2017-1665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 133559.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1665?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Ibm Security Key Lifecycle Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1665?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-1665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mfpq-74ch-r5x4.