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CVE-2016-5935 medium CVSS 5.9

Information Disclosure in Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub (CVE-2016-5935)

Summary

Vulnerability in Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub (CVE-2016-5935). Confidential information can be exposed externally.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

IBM Jazz for Service Management could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly validate the SSL certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-5935 has been found in Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub CVE-2016-5935" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2016-5935 (Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub) — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 5.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.9/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Ibm Dashboard Application Services Hub を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

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