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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Systems Director Platform Agent

Created by Akshay Kaushik on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/630597
630597

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL that is used by IBM Systems Director(ISD) Platform Agent. These OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed in September 2016 and October 2016 by the OpenSSL Project.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2182
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds write in the TS_OBJ_print_bio function in crypto/bn/bn_print.c. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted value to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116342 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2180
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the TS_OBJ_print_bio function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted time-stamp file to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115829 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)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2177
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the incorrect use of pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks. By leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an integer overflow and cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113890 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2178
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DSA implementation that allows the following of a non-constant time codepath for certain operations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a cache-timing attack to recover the private DSA key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113889 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6306
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by missing message length checks when parsing certificates. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117112 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6304
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by multiple memory leaks in t1_lib.c during session renegotiation. By sending an overly large OCSP Status Request extension, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117110 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)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. 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)



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

IBM Systems Director:

  • 6.3.5.0
  • 6.3.6.0
  • 6.3.7.0

Remediation/Fixes

To determine the ISD level installed, enter smcli lsver on a command line. IBM Systems Director versions pre-6.3.5 are unsupported and will not be fixed. IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Please follow the instructions provided to apply fixes on the below releases.

  • 6.3.5.0
  • 6.3.6.0
  • 6.3.7.0

1. Open the below link to download the fix:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FDirector%2FSystemsDirector&fixids=SysDir6_3_5_0_6_3_6_0_6_3_7_0_IT19124_IT19125_IT19126_IT19127



2. Select the below fix package that includes fixes for all the supported platforms:

SysDir6_3_5_0_6_3_6_0_6_3_7_0_IT19124_IT19125_IT19126_IT19127

3. Follow the Instructions in the table for your desired platform

ProductVRMFAssociated Technote
IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform AgentXlinux Platform Agent 6.3.5 to 6.3.7806573754
Go to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/us/search/ and search for the technote number.
IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform AgentWindows Platform Agent 6.3.5 to 6.3.7806575662
Go to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/us/search/ and search for the technote number.
IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform AgentPower Linux Platform Agent 6.3.5 to 6.3.7806531342
Go to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/us/search/ and search for the technote number.
IBM Systems Director and
IBM Systems Director Platform Agent
Zlinux Platform Agent 6.3.5 to 6.3.7806597086
Go to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/us/search/ and search for the technote number.
IBM Systems Director and
IBM Systems Director Platform Agent
AIX Platform Agent 6.3.5 to 6.3.7807363424
Go to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/us/search/ and search for the technote number.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

10 April 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.

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Internal Use Only

Advisory 6681 PRID 84473, Advisory 7010 PRID 87164

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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