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Security Bulletin: GSKit Sweet32 Birthday attacks on 64-bit block ciphers in TLS affects the Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) Server (CVE-2016-2183)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/558711
558711

Security Bulletin


Summary

GSKit is vulnerable to Sweet32 Birthday attacks on 64-bit block ciphers in TLS which affects the Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) Server.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION: An error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 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

This vulnerability affects the following IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) Server levels:

  • All 8.1 levels below 8.1.1
  • 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.7.0
  • 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.6.0
  • 6.2, 6.1, and 5.5 all levels (these releases are EOS)

Remediation/Fixes

Tivoli Storage Manager Server Release

Fixing
VRM
Level

Platform		Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target
8.18.1.1.000AIX
Linux
Window		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Spectrum%20Protect%20family&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Protect&release=8.1.0&platform=All&function=all
7.17.1.7.100AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Tivoli&product=ibm/Tivoli/Tivoli+Storage+Manager&release=7.1.7.100&platform=All&function=all
6.36.3.6.100AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Tivoli&product=ibm/Tivoli/Tivoli+Storage+Manager&release=6.3.6.100&platform=All&function=all
6.2 and below

Customers on these releases can upgrade the server to a fixed level (8.1.1.000, 7.1.7.100 or 6.3.6.100). Contact IBM Support if you have any questions.

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

1 May 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg22002021

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