Security Bulletin
Summary
GSKit is used by IBM Workload Manager and is vulnerable to some OpenSSL vulnerabilities. IBM Workload Manager has addressed the applicable CVEs using an updated version of GSKit libraries.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-0705
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when parsing DSA private keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111140 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-3732
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagating bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121313 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2017-3736
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagation flaw in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring function bn_sqrx8x_internal(). An attacker with online access to an unpatched system could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134397 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1428
DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139073 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1427
DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit contains several enviornment variables that a local attacker could overflow and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139072 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1426
DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit duplicates the PRNG state across fork() system calls when multiple ICC instances are loaded which could result in duplicate Session IDs and a risk of duplicate key material.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139071 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-0702
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a side-channel attack against a system based on the Intel Sandy-Bridge microarchitecture. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover RSA keys.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111144 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
TWS uses GSKit only for secure communication between internal processes.
For Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed, TWS nodes are impacted by these security exposures only if the TWS workstation has been defined with “securitylevel” set to on or enabled or force and GSKit has been explictly enabled.
Furthermore the vulnerability applies to Dynamic Agents or zCentric agents too.
The security exposures apply to the following versions:
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 8.6.0 FP04 and earlier
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.1.0 FP02 and earlier
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.2.0 FP02 and earlier
IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.3.0 FP03 and earlier
IBM Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.4.0 FP03 and earlier
Remediation/Fixes
APAR IJ06473 has been opened to address the GSKit vulnerabilities for IBM Workload Scheduler.
The following limited availability fixes for IJ06473 are available for download on FixCentral
8.6.0-TIV-TWS-FP0004-IJ06473
to be applied on top of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 8.6.0 FP04
9.1.0-TIV-TWS-FP0002-IJ06473
to be applied on top of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.1.0 FP02
9.2.0-TIV-TWS-FP0002-IJ06473
to be applied on top of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.2.0 FP02
9.3.0-TIV-TWS-FP0003-IJ06473
to be applied on top of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.3.0 FP03
9.4.0-TIV-TWS-FP0003-IJ06473
to be applied on top of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.4.0 FP03
For Unsupported releases IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported release of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
July 12th 2018: Original Version Published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
19 June 2020
UID
ibm10717133