Security Bulletin
Summary
An OpenSSL vulnerability was disclosed on February 26, 2019 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center), has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to immediately close the TCP connection after the hosts encounter a zero-length record with valid padding. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a 0-byte record padding-oracle attack to decrypt traffic.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157514 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Product | Affected Versions |
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center | 5.2.0 - 5.2.7.1 |
IBM Spectrum Control | 5.2.8 - 5.2.17.2 |
IBM Spectrum Control | 5.3.0 - 5.3.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
The solution is to apply an appropriate IBM Spectrum Control fix. Click on the download link and follow the Installation Instructions. The solution should be implemented as soon as practicable.
Starting with 5.2.8, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center has been renamed to IBM Spectrum Control.
Release |
First Fixing
VRM Level
|
Link to Fix/Fix Availability Target |
5.2 | 5.2.17.3 | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21320822#53_0 |
5.3 | 5.3.3 | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21320822#53_0 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
23 May 2019 - 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
22 February 2022
UID
ibm10880905