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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects IBM® SDK for Node.js™ (CVE-2015-1793)

Created by Paul Cheeseman on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/532419
532419

Security Bulletin


Summary

OpenSSL alternate chains certificate forgery vulnerability (CVE-2015-1793) disclosed by the OpenSSL Project on July 9 2015. IBM SDK for Node.js has addressed this CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1793
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an implementation error of the alternative certificate chain logic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the CA flag and other specific checks on untrusted certificates and issue an invalid certificate.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104500 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.3 and v1.2.0.4.
This vulnerability affects IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.0.15.

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.5 and subsequent releases.
The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.0.16 and subsequent releases.

Note: A fix for CVE-2014-8176 was provided in OpenSSL versions 0.9.8za, 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1h. The original bulletin for this OpenSSL release is here.

IBM SDK for Node.js can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from here.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Node.js 0.12.7
Node.js 0.10.40

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

15 July 2015: Original version published
20 July 2015: Clarify affected releases

*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:
08 August 2018

UID

swg21962285

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