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Security Bulletin: Denial of service vulnerability in OpenSSL affects IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (CVE-2016-8610)

Created by Ray Brandt on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/294133
294133

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Initiate Master Data Service and IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management are vulnerable to a OpenSSL denial of service attack and could cause the application to stop responding.

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

This vulnerability is known to affect the following offerings:

IBM Initiate Master Data Service versions 10.0 and 10.1

IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Standard/Advanced Edition version 11.0, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, and 11.6.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as practical. Please see below for information on the fixes available.

Product VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Initiate Master Data Service
10.0
None10.0.042517_IM_Initiate_MasterDataService_ALL_InterimFix
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Patient Hub
10.0
None10.0.042517_IM_Initiate_Patient_ALL_InterimFix
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Provider Hub
10.0
None10.0.042517_IM_Initiate_Provider_ALL_InterimFix
IBM Initiate Master Data Service
10.1
None10.1.042517_IM_Initiate_MasterDataService_ALL_InterimFix
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Standard/Advanced Edition
11.0
None11.0.0.6-MDM-SAE-FP06IF002
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Standard/Advanced Edition
11.3
None11.3.0.5-MDM-SE-AE-FP05IF005
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Standard/Advanced Edition
11.4
None11.4.0.7-MDM-SE-AE-FP07IF000
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Standard/Advanced Edition
11.5
None11.5.0.4-MDM-SE-AE-FP04IF001
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Standard/Advanced Edition
11.6
None11.6.0.1-MDM-SAE-IF001

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

26 April 2017: Orginal 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:
27 April 2022

UID

swg22000243

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