Security Bulletin
Summary
The LogJam Attack on Diffie-Hellman ciphers (CVE-2015-4000) may affect some configurations of IBM SOA Policy Gateway Pattern for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2.5.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-4000
DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly convey a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite choice. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to force a downgrade to 512-bit export-grade cipher. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to recover the session key as well as modify the contents of the traffic. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as "Logjam".
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103294 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SOA Policy Gateway Pattern for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server version 2.5
Remediation/Fixes
None
Workarounds and Mitigations
Customers should follow the mitigation advice contained in the WebSphere Application Server security bulletin, located at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21957980 .
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References
Acknowledgement
Reported to IBM by The WeakDH team at https://weakdh.org
Change History
08 June 2015: Original document 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
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21959412