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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server affects WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Process Server Hypervisor Editions (CVE-2015-0138)

Created by Jens Engelke on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/258579
258579

Security Bulletin


Summary

The “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability affects IBM WebSphere Application Server Full Profile (and IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition) that is used by WebSphere Process Server (and WebSphere Process Server Hypervisor Editions).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0138
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in various IBM SSL/TLS implementations could allow a remote attacker to downgrade the security of certain SSL/TLS connections. An IBM SSL/TLS client implementation could accept the use of an RSA temporary key in a non-export RSA key exchange ciphersuite. This could allow a remote attacker using man-in-the-middle techniques to facilitate brute-force decryption of TLS/SSL traffic between vulnerable clients and servers.

This vulnerability is also known as the FREAK attack.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100691 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

  • WebSphere Process Server V7.0
  • WebSphere Process Server Hypervisor Editions V6.2, V7.0
For earlier unsupported versions of the above products IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the products.

Remediation/Fixes

Please consult the security bulletin Security Bulletin: Vulnerability with RSA Export Keys may affect IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-0138) for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan of the PROSECCO team at INRIA

Change History

2015-03-27: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 September 2022

UID

swg21699922

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