Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 affects IBM/Cisco switches and directors (CVE-2014-3566)

Created by Igets Administrator on Wed, 03/11/2015 - 19:09

Security Bulletin

Summary

SSLv3 contains a vulnerability that has been referred to as the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) attack. SSLv3 is enabled in IBM/Cisco switches and directors.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566

DESCRIPTION: Product could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a design error when using the SSLv3 protocol. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and access the plaintext of encrypted connections.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97013 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Cisco switches running the 6.2.x and 5.2.x releases
IBM MTM:

9710-E06 MDS 9706 Director

9711-S48 MDS 9148S Switch

9710-E01 MDS 9250i Multilayer Fabric Switch

9710-E08 MDS 9710 Director

2054-E01 MDS 9222i Multilayer Fabric Switch

2054-E04 (2062-D04) MDS 9506 Multilayer Director

2054-E11 (2062-E11) MDS 9513 Multilayer Director

2054-E07 (2062-D07) MDS 9509 Multilayer Director

2053-424 (2417-C24) MDS 9124 Fabric Switch

2053-434 (2053-S34) MDS 9134 Fabric Switch

2417-C48 MDS 9148 Fabric Switch

3722-S51 5010 Switch

3722-S52 5020 Switch

Remediation/Fixes

Release 5.2.8f:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/5_2/release/notes/nx-os/mds_nxos_rn_528f.html

Release 6.2.11b:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/6_2/release/notes/nx-os/mds_nxos_rn_6_2_11b.html

Workarounds and Mitigations

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References

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*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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 affects IBM/Cisco switches and directors (CVE-2014-3566)