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Security Bulletin: This Power System update is being released to address CVE 2022-0778

Security Bulletin


Summary

POWER9: In response to a security issue with network connections, a new Power System firmware update is being released to address Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures issue number CVE 2022-0778.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-0778
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the BN_mod_sqrt() function when parsing certificates. By using a specially-crafted certificate with invalid explicit curve parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221911 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)
OPENBMCOP910
OPENBMCOP940
HMCOP940

Remediation/Fixes

Customers with the products below running OP910, install OP910.70:
1) IBM Power System AC922 (8335-GTG)

Customers with the products below running OP910, install OP910.70.C:
1) IBM Power System AC922 (8335-GTC, 8335-GTW)

Customers with the products below running OP920, OP930 or OP940, install OP940.40:
1) IBM Power System AC922 (8335-GTH, 8335-GTX)

Customers with the products below running OP940, install OP940.40:
1) IBM Power System IC922 (9183-22X)

Customers with the products below running OP940, install OP940.40:
1) IBM Power Hardware Management Console System Firmware (7063-CR2)

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

Acknowledgement

Change History

18 Aug 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 September 2022

Initial Publish date:
18 August 2022

UID

ibm16614235

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