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Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus can be affected by vulnerabilities in the IBM GSKit library

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerabilities related to the GSKit libraries used by Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus have been resolved.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2013-6329
DESCRIPTION:
An SSLV2 ClientHello that successfully resumes an SSLV3 or later Protocol Level session will result in a crash due to a memory access exception.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88939 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVE ID: CVE-2013-6747 
DESCRIPTION: 

ISDS and TDS use GSKit for SSL/TLS connections. The GSKit implementation is vulnerable to an attack from a malformed certificate chain. Were an attacker to use such a certificate when initiating an SSL/TLS connection, they could cause the ISDS or TDS client application or server process to hang or crash. 
The attack does not require local network access or authentication but specialized knowledge and techniques are required. An exploit would not impact the confidentiality of information or the integrity of data, however availability of the system can be compromised.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89863
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.2.1
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3.0
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3.1
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.4.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

Original Copy Published 31 January 2014

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21663428