Security Bulletin
Summary
The "SSL Death Alert" vulnerability for OpenSSL affects z/TPF.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-8610
DESCRIPTION: SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to stop responding.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 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
z/TPF Enterprise Edition Version 1.1 - 1.1.13
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| z/TPF | 1.1 - 1.1.13 | APAR PJ44539 | Apply the APAR. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
24 March 2017: 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 August 2018
UID
swg21999486