VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-0266

low
Published 2016-08-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
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
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nettcp_advisory2.asc

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmvios2.2.0.10
ibmvios2.2.0.11
ibmvios2.2.0.12
ibmvios2.2.0.13
ibmvios2.2.1.0
ibmvios2.2.1.1
ibmvios2.2.1.3
ibmvios2.2.1.4
ibmvios2.2.1.5
ibmvios2.2.1.6
ibmvios2.2.1.7
ibmvios2.2.1.8
ibmvios2.2.1.9
ibmvios2.2.2.0
ibmvios2.2.2.1
ibmvios2.2.2.2
ibmvios2.2.2.3
ibmvios2.2.2.4
ibmvios2.2.2.5
ibmvios2.2.3.0
ibmvios2.2.3.1
ibmvios2.2.3.2
ibmvios2.2.3.3
ibmvios2.2.3.4
ibmvios2.2.3.50
ibmvios2.2.3.51
ibmvios2.2.3.52
ibmvios2.2.3.60
ibmvios2.2.3.70
ibmvios2.2.4.0
ibmvios2.2.4.10
ibmvios2.2.4.21
ibmvios2.2.4.22

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.