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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server is affected by OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2021-3712

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Summary

The OpenSSL component of IBM WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. The issue is described by CVE-2021-3712.

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)
WebSphere MQ V5.3 for HP NonStop Server (MIPS and Itanium)53.1.x

Remediation/Fixes

 

 WebSphere MQ V5.3.1 for HPE NonStop (Itanium) Fixpack  17 5.3.1.17 IT38363 Apply Patch 5.3.1.17_IT38363

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

13 Dec 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:
13 December 2021

Initial Publish date:
13 December 2021

UID

ibm16525804

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