CVE-2016-0266

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Published 2016-08-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

3.7

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.7

Description

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 and VIOS 2.2.x do not default to the latest TLS version, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.10`
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.11`
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.12`
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.13`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.0`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.1`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.3`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.4`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.5`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.6`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.7`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.8`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.9`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.0`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.1`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.2`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.3`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.4`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.5`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.0`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.1`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.2`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.3`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.4`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.50`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.51`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.52`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.60`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.70`
ibm	vios	`2.2.4.0`
ibm	vios	`2.2.4.10`
ibm	vios	`2.2.4.21`
ibm	vios	`2.2.4.22`

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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