CVE-2012-2191 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) versions prior to 8.0.14.22, impacting products like IBM Rational Directory Server and IBM Tivoli Directory Server. The flaw stems from improper data validation within GSKit's protection mechanism against the Vaudenay SSL CBC timing attack. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash affected applications with crafted TLS Record Layer values. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:global_security_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.4.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:global_security_kit:7.0.4.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.4.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:global_security_kit:7.0.4.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.