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Security Bulletin: OpenSSL publicly disclosed vulnerability affects IBM MobileFirst Platform (CVE-2020-1971)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation has addressed the following vulnerability(ies) by updating the version of OpenSSL.

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)
IBM MobileFirst Foundation8.0.0.0


Remediation/Fixes

Published artifacts with the fix
iOS Native SDK - 8.0.2021030915
Android Native SDK - 8.0.2021030806
Cordova SDK - 8.0.2021031007

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

10 Mar 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:
10 March 2021

UID

ibm16428143