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Security Bulletin: SHA-1 cipher suites detected in older versions of SPSS Statistics (CVE-2024-31896)

Security Bulletin


Summary

The Statistics server supports SHA-1 cipher suites. SHA-1 was officially deprecated by NIST in 2011, but many applications still rely on it. Up until 2017, only theoretical attacks have been known against SHA-1, which is why many applications still rely on it. Recently, a practical attack was introduced by CWI Amsterdam and Google Research teams. For more details refer: http://shattered.io/static/shattered.pdf

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-31896
DESCRIPTION:   IBM SPSS Statistics uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CWE:   CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   5.9
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
SPSS Statistics26.0
SPSS Statistics27.0.1
SPSS Statistics28.0.1
SPSS Statistics29.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

The SHA-1 cypher suite was previously present in SPSS Statistics 26.0, SPSS Statistics 27.0.1, SPSS Statistics 28.0.1, SPSS Statistics 29.0.2. The issue has been fixed in all but version 26, for which a free upgrade is available.

Statistics Server 29.0.2.0, IF006 - 29.0.2.0-IM-S29STATS-WIN-LINUX-IF006

Statistics Server 28.0.1.1 IF011 - 28.0.1.1-IM-S27STAT-ALL-IF011

Statistics Server 27.0.1.0 IF030 (LINUX platforms only) - 27.0.1.0-IM-S27STATS-LINUX-IF030

Customers using IBM SPSS Statistics version 26 who do not have S&S support and who are concerned about this issue can be provided with an upgrade to version 27 at no additional cost.
    1    Navigate to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6333515
    2    Choose type "Other licensing requests"
    3    Enter in your own words that you have IBM SPSS Statistics version 26 and need to download version 27 due to Security Bulletin SB0021841
A support case will then be created to provide authorized users of version 26 with an upgrade to version 27.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

25 Mar 2025: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 March 2025

UID

ibm17228971