VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-2191

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

IBM Global Security Kit (aka GSKit) before 8.0.14.22, as used in IBM Rational Directory Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and other products, does not properly validate data during execution of a protection mechanism against the Vaudenay SSL CBC timing attack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted values in the TLS Record Layer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2333.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references