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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in the GSKit component of IBM Transformation Extender Hypervisor Edition for AIX (CVE-2016-0201, CVE-2015-7421, CVE-2015-7420)

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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/539477
539477

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerabilities have been addressed in the GSKit component of IBM Transformation Extender Hypervisor Edition for AIX.

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2016-0201
DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a MD5 collision. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109310 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7421
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in GSKit could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. The internal ICC PRNG pool state is duplicated during a fork() system call operation which results in a period of time where child processes may generate identical PRNG output to the parent. This may allow possible attacks related to predictable state which an attacker could exploit.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107695 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7420
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in GSKit could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. The GSKit PRNG state is duplicated during a fork() system call operation which results in a period of time where child processes may generate identical PRNG output to the parent.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107694 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Transformation Extender Hypervisor Edition for AIX 9.0.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Download and install the fixes for APAR PI55562 from IBM Fix Central:

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

01 February 2016: Original version published.
02 February 2016: Removed search link for version 8.x fixes since those versions get security via Secure Adapter Collection which are part of the base WebSphere Transformation Extender product set (not the Hypervisor Edition product).

*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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Product Synonym

ITX

Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21975034