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Security Bulletin : Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM GSKit affect IBM Host On-Demand.

Created by Mohammed Abrar Pasha on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/716977
716977

Security Bulletin


Summary

GSKit is an IBM component that is used by Host On-Demand. GSKit that is shipped with Host On-Demand contains multiple security vulnerabilities .Host On-Demand has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-1426
DESCRIPTION:IBM GSKit duplicates the PRNG state across fork() system calls when multiple ICC instances are loaded which could result in duplicate Session IDs and a risk of duplicate key material.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139071for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2018-1427
DESCRIPTION:IBM GSKit contains several environment variables that a local attacker could overflow and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139072for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2018-1428
DESCRIPTION:IBM GSKit uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139073for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2017-3736
DESCRIPTION:OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagation flaw in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring function bn_sqrx8x_internal(). An attacker with online access to an unpatched system could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134397for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2017-3732
DESCRIPTION:OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagating bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121313for 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)

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

Affected Products and Versions

Host On-Demand 13.0

Host On-Demand 12.0, 12.0.0.1, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

Remediation

Host On-Demand

12.0

Upgrade to Host On-Demand 12.0.4

Host On-Demand

12.0.0.1

Upgrade to Host On-Demand 12.0.4

Host On-Demand

12.0.1

Upgrade to Host On-Demand 12.0.4

Host On-Demand

12.0.2

Upgrade to Host On-Demand 12.0.4

Host On-Demand

12.0.3

Upgrade to Host On-Demand 12.0.4

Host On-Demand

13.0

Upgrade to Host On-Demand 13.0.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

13 July 2018:  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:
01 August 2018

UID

ibm10716977