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Security Bulletin: Aspera HSTS, HSTE and Desktop Client application is affected by openSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-3738)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/731065
731065

Security Bulletin


Summary

Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server (formerly known as Enterprise Server and Connect Server), High-Speed Transfer Endpoint (formerly known as Point-to-Point Client) and Desktop Client application have addressed the following openSSL vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-3738
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an overflow bug in the AVX2 Montgomery multiplication procedure used in exponentiation with 1024-bit moduli. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key. Note: In order to exploit this vulnerability, the server would have to share the DH1024 private key among multiple clients, which is no longer an option since CVE-2016-0701.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/136078 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Products Affected Versions
Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.8.0 and earlier
Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.8.0 and earlier
Aspera Desktop Client 3.8.0 and earlier

 

Remediation/Fixes

Product VRMF APAR Remediation / First Fix
Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.8.1 N/A https://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/1
Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.8.1 N/A https://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/7
Aspera Desktop Client 3.8.1 N/A https://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/2

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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Change History

10 September 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:
14 September 2018

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ibm10731065