Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM XIV Gen2 is vulnerable to CVE-2014-0224, which exposes users to a man-in-the-middle attack when using CIM-based management.
This vulnerability was reported on June 5, 2014 by the OpenSSL project
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0224
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by the use of weak keying material in SSL/TLS clients and servers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted handshake to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt and modify traffic.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93586 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
All IBM XIV Gen2 products might be exposed.
Remediation/Fixes
- This vulnerability exposes users to a man-in-the-middle attack only if both client and server use vulnerable versions of OpenSSL.
- Although XIV management communicates over SSL, the XIV management traffic is not vulnerable to this exposure, since XIV management tools do not use OpenSSL.
- CIM (Common Information Management) based management may be exposed if the CIM client is using an unpatched version of OpenSSL when communicating with XIV.
- Customers using a CIM-based management product should upgrade the OpenSSL version of their CIM-based management product and/or that of the host running it, per their product vendor’s recommendation.
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References
*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 Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1004826