Security Bulletin
Summary
There are vulnerabilities in OpenSSL to which the IBM® FlashSystem™ V9000 is susceptible. An exploit of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to corrupt memory and/or cause a denial of service.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-0705
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when parsing DSA private keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111140 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-0797
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the BN_hex2bn/BN_dec2bn() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted data to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111142 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
FlashSystem V9000 including machine type and models (MTMs) for all available code levels. MTMs affected include 9846-AE2, 9848-AE2, 9846-AC2, and 9848-AC2
Remediation/Fixes
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V9000 MTMs | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| V9000 MTMs: 9846-AE2, 9848-AE2, 9846-AC2 & 9848-AC2 | Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream. These code levels work for both the storage enclosure nodes (-AEx) and the control nodes (-ACx) Code Fix VRMF . 7.6 stream: 7.6.1.3 (or later) 7.5 stream: 7.5.1.4 (or later) | N/A | No workarounds or mitigations, other than applying this code fix, are known for this vulnerability |
FlashSystem V9000 fixes for storage and controller node are available @ IBM’s Fix Central
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
15 July 2016 Original Version Published
*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
ssg1S1008126