Security Bulletin: IBM has announced a release for IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence in response to security vulnerability (CVE-2018-12404)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM has announced a release for IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence (IGI) in response to security vulnerability. A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the decryption of encrypted content. This is a variant of the Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) and affects all NSS versions prior to NSS 3.41.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-12404
DESCRIPTION: A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the decryption of encrypted content. This is a variant of the Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) and affects all NSS versions prior to NSS 3.41.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155087 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence	5.2.4
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence	5.2.5

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	First Fix
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence	5.2.4	5.2.6.0-ISS-SIGI-FP0000
IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence	5.2.5	5.2.6.0-ISS-SIGI-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

none

Change History

03 Dec 2019: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM has announced a release for IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence in response to security vulnerability (CVE-2018-12404)