CVE-2015-5012

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The SSH implementation on IBM Security Access Manager for Web appliances 7.0 before 7.0.0 FP19, 8.0 before 8.0.1.3 IF3, and 9.0 before 9.0.0.0 IF1 does not properly restrict the set of MAC algorithms, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware: 9.0.0
IBM Security Access Manager For Web 7.0 Firmware: 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.0.4, 7.0.0.5, 7.0.0.6 (+12)
IBM Security Access Manager For Web 8.0 Firmware: 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.1, 8.0.1.0 (+1)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV78768
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV78780
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971422
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV78768
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV78780
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971422

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