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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Fabric OS firmware used by IBM b-type SAN directors and switches.

Security Bulletin


Summary

Public disclosed vulnerability from OpenSSL in the Fabric OS (FOS) used by IBM b-type SAN directors and switches.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-23841
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() function. By parsing the issuer field, 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/196847 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)
FOS7.X prior to 7.4.2j
FOS

9.1.X prior to 9.1.0b

9.0.X prior to 9.0.1e

FOS8.X prior to 8.2.3c

Workarounds and Mitigations

 

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Change History

30 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:
30 August 2022

Initial Publish date:
30 August 2022

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ibm16616497