Security Bulletin
Summary
Aspera Web Applications (Shares, Console) have addressed the following OpenSSL Vulnerability.
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 Aspera Shares | 1.9.14 and earlier |
| IBM Aspera Console | 3.4.0 and earlier |
Remediation/Fixes
| Fixed In | Version(s) |
| IBM Aspera Shares | 1.9.15 |
| IBM Aspera Console | 3.4.2 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
15 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:
17 September 2021
Initial Publish date:
15 September 2021
UID
ibm16490373