PT-2012-3846

CVE-2012-2162

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Published

2012-05-01

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.8
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) versions 8.0 and earlier
Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network or spoof arbitrary servers via a man-in-the-middle attack due to the use of unencrypted HTTP communication after the expiration of the plugin-key.kdb password.
Recommendations For IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) versions 8.0 and earlier, update the plugin-key.kdb password to prevent the use of unencrypted HTTP communication.
Exploitability
Fix
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-310
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-2162
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