Security Bulletin
Summary
The “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability affects IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is used by Rational Automation Framework,
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
Rational Automation Framework 3.0.1, 3.0.1.1, 3.0.1.2, 3.0.1.2.1, 3.0.1.3 and 3.0.1.3.1 on all supported platforms.
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to RAF 3.0.1.3 ifix2 or later.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan of the PROSECCO team at INRIA
*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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Internal Use Only
PSIRT 50671 for the advisory 2913
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21700786