What is the severity of CVE-2016-0391?

CVE-2016-0391 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential impact on cryptographic protections.

How can I mitigate CVE-2016-0391?

Mitigation for CVE-2016-0391 involves ensuring that random number generation mechanisms are securely implemented in your applications using IBM Watson services.

What are the potential risks associated with CVE-2016-0391?

CVE-2016-0391 allows remote attackers to perform brute-force attacks on service-instance credentials, potentially compromising security.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-0391?

IBM has provided guidelines for developers to follow to enhance randomness in credential generation to mitigate CVE-2016-0391.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-0391?

Users of the IBM Watson Developer Cloud services on Bluemix platforms are directly affected by CVE-2016-0391.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-0391

critical

9.8

CWE

284

2/7/2016

5/8/2024

CVE-2016-0391

First published: Sat Jul 02 2016(Updated: )

The IBM Watson Developer Cloud services on Bluemix platforms do not properly generate random numbers for service-instance credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a brute-force attack.

Credit: psirt@us.ibm.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
IBM Watson Developer Cloud
IBM Bluemix

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-0391?
CVE-2016-0391 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential impact on cryptographic protections.
How can I mitigate CVE-2016-0391?
Mitigation for CVE-2016-0391 involves ensuring that random number generation mechanisms are securely implemented in your applications using IBM Watson services.
What are the potential risks associated with CVE-2016-0391?
CVE-2016-0391 allows remote attackers to perform brute-force attacks on service-instance credentials, potentially compromising security.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-0391?
IBM has provided guidelines for developers to follow to enhance randomness in credential generation to mitigate CVE-2016-0391.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-0391?
Users of the IBM Watson Developer Cloud services on Bluemix platforms are directly affected by CVE-2016-0391.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-0391?
CVE-2016-0391 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential impact on cryptographic protections.
How can I mitigate CVE-2016-0391?
Mitigation for CVE-2016-0391 involves ensuring that random number generation mechanisms are securely implemented in your applications using IBM Watson services.
What are the potential risks associated with CVE-2016-0391?
CVE-2016-0391 allows remote attackers to perform brute-force attacks on service-instance credentials, potentially compromising security.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-0391?
IBM has provided guidelines for developers to follow to enhance randomness in credential generation to mitigate CVE-2016-0391.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-0391?
Users of the IBM Watson Developer Cloud services on Bluemix platforms are directly affected by CVE-2016-0391.