Security Bulletin: OpenSSL vulnerabilites (CVE-2019-1552) impacting IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, Aspera Desktop 3.9.1 and earlier

Security Bulletin

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilites impacting IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, Aspera Desktop 3.9.1, Aspera Connect 3.7.4 and earlier (CVE-2019-1552). The vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, Aspera Desktop 3.9.6, and Aspera Connect 3.9.8.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-1552
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the building of . mingw programs or Windows programs with world writable path defaults. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify default configuration, insert CA certificates, modify (or even replace) existing engine modules.
CVSS Base score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164498 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Aspera Desktop Client	3.9.1 and earlier
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server	3.9.1 and earlier
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint	3.9.1 and earlier
IBM Aspera Connect	3.7.4 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Aspera Desktop Client	3.9.6
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server	3.9.6
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint	3.9.6
Connect	3.9.8

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

11 Feb 2020: 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: OpenSSL vulnerabilites (CVE-2019-1552) impacting IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, Aspera Desktop 3.9.1 and earlier