CVE-2012-2191
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (6)
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- ibm rational directory serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606145cnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75996cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51279enisa_euvd
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31980enisa_euvd
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31981enisa_euvd
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606145enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54743enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75996enisa_euvd
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