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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security for IBM i, IBM WebSphere MQ Client for HP-NSS

Created by Jon Rumsey on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/263829
263829

Security Bulletin


Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on March 19, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security for the IBM i platform, IBM WebSphere MQ HP-NSS and IBM WebSphere MQ Paho MQTT clients. IBM WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security for the IBM i platform and IBM WebSphere MQ HP-NSS client have addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0209
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free error in the d2i_ECPrivateKey or EVP_PKCS82PKEY function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code on the system and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101674 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-0286
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the ASN1_TYPE_cmp function when attempting to compare ASN.1 boolean types. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash any certificate verification operation and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101666 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-0289
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly handle missing outer ContentInfo by the PKCS#7 parsing code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malformed ASN.1-encoded PKCS#7 blob to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101669 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security for IBM i platform - V8.0.0.2 and earlier

IBM WebSphere MQ Client for HP Integrity NonStop Server - V8.0.0.2 and earlier


IBM Mobile Messaging and M2M Client Pack - Eclipse Paho MQTT C Client libraries for Linux & Windows platforms only

Remediation/Fixes

IBM WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security for IBM i platform

The fix is provided in fix pack 8.0.0.3. or later.

IBM WebSphere MQ HP-NSS client

The fix is provided in fix pack 8.0.0.3 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Eclipse Paho MQTT C Client (Linux & Windows)
The C client libraries provided by the MA9B SupportPac can also be rebuilt from source and linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1m or later using the following instructions.

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References

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Acknowledgement

None.

Change History

22 June 2015 - 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 June 2018

UID

swg21902519