Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information server is vulnerable to SWEET32 Birthday attack (CVE-2016-2183)

Summary

IBM InfoSphere Information server is vulnerable to SWEET32 Birthday attack through weak cipher suites.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2016-2183
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

See security hardening technote for the Kubernetes and Kafka related configuration steps you need to do to secure your environment.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None