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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2015-0138)

Created by David Dilling on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/646193
646193

Security Bulletin


Summary

The “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability affects IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile Version 8.5 that is used by Power Hardware Management Console.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0138
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in various IBM SSL/TLS implementations could allow a remote attacker to downgrade the security of certain SSL/TLS connections. An IBM SSL/TLS client implementation could accept the use of an RSA temporary key in a non-export RSA key exchange ciphersuite. This could allow a remote attacker using man-in-the-middle techniques to facilitate brute-force decryption of TLS/SSL traffic between vulnerable clients and servers.

This vulnerability is also known as the FREAK attack.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100691 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V7.7.8.0
Power HMC V7.7.9.0
Power HMC V8.8.1.0
Power HMC V8.8.2.0

Remediation/Fixes

The Following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
Power HMCV7.7.8.0 SP2MB03892Apply eFix MH01504
Power HMCV7.7.9.0 SP2MB03893Apply eFix MH01505
Power HMCV8.8.1.0 SP1MB03894Apply eFix MH01506
Power HMCV8.8.2.0 SP1MB03895Apply eFix MH01507
You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan of the PROSECCO team at INRIA

Change History

08-Apr-2015: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1020663

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