CVE-2012-2191

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

IBM Global Security Kit: through 8.0.13; 7.0.4.28, 7.0.4.29
IBM Rational Directory Server: all versions
IBM Tivoli Directory Server: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/51279
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31980
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31981
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54743
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75996
http://secunia.com/advisories/51279
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31980
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV31981
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54743
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75996

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