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IBM AIX: java_jan2017_advisory, openssl_advisory21 (CVE-2016-2183): Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects AIX

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 31, 2016
Added
Nov 6, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday attack against a long-duration encrypted session, as demonstrated by an HTTPS session using Triple DES in CBC mode, aka a "Sweet32" attack.

Solutions

ibm-aix-java_jan2017_advisoryibm-aix-openssl_advisory21

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