IBM Security Bulletin: GSKit Sweet32: Birthday attacks in IBM Content Collector for Microsoft SharePoint

OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.

CVE(s): CVE-2016-2183

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):

IBM Content Collector for Microsoft SharePoint v3.0
IBM Content Collector for Microsoft SharePoint v4.0
IBM Content Collector for Microsoft SharePoint v4.0.1

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: http://ift.tt/2jyPVYE
X-Force Database: http://ift.tt/2dR3VyC

from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team http://ift.tt/2jQmZij