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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Mozilla NSS affect the IBM FlashSystem model V840

Created by Richard Underwood on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/697165
697165

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are vulnerabilities in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) to which the IBM® FlashSystem™ V840 is susceptible. An exploit of these vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-2834, CVE-2016-5285, and CVE-2016-8635) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, to recover private keys, to crash a TLS/SSL server, or to cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2834
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox, could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113870 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5285
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox, is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime when handling invalid Diffie-Hellman keys. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash a TLS/SSL server.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119189 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-8635
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a small subgroup confinement attack in Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling. By confining the client DH key to small subgroup of the desired group, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover private keys.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119190 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Products and Versions of FlashSystem V840’s two node types

Storage Node
· Machine Type Models (MTMs) affected include 9846-AE1 and 9848-AE1
· Code versions affected include supported VRMFs:
o 1.4.0.0 – 1.4.5.1
o 1.3.0.0 – 1.3.0.6

Controller Node
· MTMs affected include 9846-AC0, 9848-AC0, 9846-AC1, and 9848-AC1
· Code versions affected include supported VRMFs:
o 7.7.0.0 – 7.7.1.5
o 7.8.0.0 – 7.8.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

V840 MTMs

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
Storage nodes:
9846-AE1 &
9848-AE1

Controller nodes:
9846-AC0,
9846-AC1,
9848-AC0, &
9848-AC1
Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream:

Storage Node VRMF
1.4 stream: 1.4.6.0
1.3 stream: 1.3.0.7

Controller Node VRMF
7.7 stream: 7.7.1.6
7.8 stream: 7.8.0.2
N/AFlashSystem V840 fixes for storage and controller node are available @ IBM’s Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

13 April 2017 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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