Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Safer Payments v5.7, v6.0, v6.1, v6.2, v6.3 are affected by an OpenSSL Security Advisory. IBM Safer Payments has resolved this vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-3711
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the EVP_PKEY_decrypt() function within implementation of the SM2 decryption. By sending specially crafted SM2 content, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208072 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Counter Fraud Management for Safer Payments | All |
Remediation/Fixes
Update the IBM Safer Payments cluster to at least version 5.7.0.15, 6.0.0.12, 6.1.0.10, 6.2.1.05, 6.3.0.02.
Open SSL version was updated to 1.0.2.za for v5.7 and v6.0 and to 1.1.1l for v6.1, v6.2 and v6.3.
Refer to the IBM Safer Payments Knowledge Database to download the updates.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
12 Oct 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
08 November 2021
UID
ibm16514451