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Security Bulletin: OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2020-1968 impacts IBM Aspera Streaming/IBM Aspera Streaming for Video version 3.9.6.1 and earlier

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Summary

OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2020-1968 impacts IBM Aspera Streaming/IBM Aspera Streaming for Video version 3.9.6.1 and earlier. The fix for this set of vulnerabilities was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server V4.0.0 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint V4.0.0 with streaming license.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-1968
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a Raccoon attack in the TLS specification. By computing the pre-master secret in connections which have used a Diffie-Hellman (DH) based ciphersuite, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to eavesdrop on all encrypted communications sent over that TLS connection.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187977 for the current score.
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

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Aspera Streaming / IBM Aspera Streaming for Video3.9.6.1 and earlier

 


Remediation/Fixes

The fix for this set of vulnerabilities was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server V4.0.0 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint V4.0.0 with streaming license.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server4.0.0Nonehttps://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Aspera+High-Speed+Transfer+Server&release=4.0.0&platform=All&function=all
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint4.0.0Nonehttps://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Aspera+High-Speed+Transfer+Endpoint&release=4.0.0&platform=All&function=all

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

02 Dec 2020: Initial Publication

*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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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 December 2020

Initial Publish date:
02 December 2020

UID

ibm16379796