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Security Bulletin: OpenSSL Vulnerability Affects IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX (CVE-2021-3712)

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Summary

Security vulnerability have been disclosed on 24th August 2021 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSl is used by IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX. IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-3712
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read when processing ASN.1 strings. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX1.5.x

Remediation/Fixes

For versions prior 1.5.0.1606 upgrade to 1.5.0.1607 or apply the OpenSSL 1.1.1l Updater for Connect:Express for Unix. Both are available on Fix Central.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

02 Sep 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:
09 September 2021

Initial Publish date:
02 September 2021

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