Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-1971
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. If the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function contain an EDIPARTYNAME, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192748 for the current score.
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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| HMC V9.1.910.0 | V9.1.910.0 and later |
Remediation/Fixes
Remediation/Fixes
The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
|
Product
|
VRMF
|
APAR
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Remediation/Fix
|
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Power HMC
|
V9.1.940.0 SP2 ppc
|
MB04271
| |
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Power HMC
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V9.1.940.0 SP2 x86_64
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MB04270
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
31 Jan 2021: 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:
22 September 2021
Initial Publish date:
31 January 2021
UID
ibm16411195