Security Bulletin: IBM Systems Director (ISD) is affected by vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (CVE-2013-4353, CVE-2013-6450, and CVE-2013-6449)

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

IBM Systems Director contains a version of openssl that contained the 3 vulnerabilities listed above.

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4353

Description: Invalid TLS handshake causes null pointer exception which could result in a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90201
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6450

Description: Remote attacker could cause openssl to crash due to improperly maintained data structures.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90069
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6449

Description: Remote attacker could cause openssl to crash using a specially crafted traffic from a TLS1.2 client.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90068
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

From the ISD command line enter smcli lsver to determine the level of ISD installed.

• IBM Systems Director: 6.3.2.0, 6.3.2.1, 6.3.3.0. 6.3.3.1

Non-affected products and versions

• IBM Systems Director versions 5.2.x.x, 6.1.x.x, 6.2.x.x, 6.3.0.0, 6.3.1.0, 6.3.1.1 server and agents on all hardware platforms are NOT vulnerable to these OpenSSL vulnerabilities.

Remediation:

The remediation for these vulnerabilities is a subset of the action required for CVE-2014-0160 (also referred to as Heartbleed). 
IBM recommends that you first complete the remediation for CVE-2014-0160.  When you have completed the CVE-2014-0160 remediation you will no longer be vulnerable to the exposures listed in this Security Bulletin.

The Fix Pack for CVE-2014-0160 for IBM Systems Director is located at this link:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EDirector&product=ibm/Director/SystemsDirector&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SysDir6_3_x_0_IT01062_IT01063_IT01199&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0&downloadMethod=ddp&source=fc

If you have already completed the remediation for CVE-2014-0160, then no further action is required.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None Known

References:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• OpenSSL Project vulnerability website

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
13 May 2014:  Original Copy 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 Flash.

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