CVE-2016-2183
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 41.0%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-2183
To remediate CVE-2016-2183, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.0.2i-r0 or later
Is CVE-2016-2183 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 41.0%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.0.2i-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |