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Security Bulletin: WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server is affected by OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2021-4160

Security Bulletin


Summary

WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server may be using weaker than expected security due to an algorithmic problem within OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-4160
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL could provide weaker than expected security, caused by a carry propagation flaw in the MIPS32 and MIPS64 squaring procedure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system
CVSS Base score: 6.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218394 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

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 IT40195 Install patch IT40195

 

 

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

11 May 2022: 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:
12 May 2022

UID

ibm16585726

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