Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on March 1, 2016 by the OpenSSL project. OpenSSL is used by the Cordova tools in IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software has addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2842
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds by the doapr_outch function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted string to cause an out-of-bounds write or consume an overly large amount of resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111304 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v9.1 and v9.5
Remediation/Fixes
Update the IBM SDK for Node.js using by the Cordova platform in the product to address this vulnerability:
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| Rational Application Developer | 9.1.x and 9.5.x | PI59473 |
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References
Change History
15 April 2016: Original copy 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21980877