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Security Bulletin: IBM Systems Director is affected by vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2013-0169 and CVE-2014-3470)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL.

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0224

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by the use of weak keying material in SSL/TLS clients and servers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted handshake to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt and modify traffic.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93586 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE ID: CVE-2013-0169

Description:  Allows Remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, aka the "Lucky Thirteen" issue.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81902
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3470

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the implementation of anonymous ECDH ciphersuites. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93589 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)


Affected products and versions

IBM Systems Director: 5.2.x.x, 6.1.x.x, 6.2.0.x, 6.2.1.x, 6.3.0.0, 6.3.1.0, 6.3.1.1, 6.3.2.0, 6.3.2.1, 6.3.2.2, 6.3.3.0, 6.3.3.1, 6.3.5.0 

 

Remediation:

Releases 6.2.0.x, 6.2.1.x, 6.3.0.0, 6.3.1.0, 6.3.1.1, 6.3.2.0, 6.3.2.1, 6.3.2.2, 6.3.3.0, 6.3.3.1, 6.3.5.0 are supported and will be fixed.  Releases 5.2.x.x, 6.1.x.x are unsupported and will not be fixed.

  1. Click the following link:
    http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Director&product=ibm/Director/SystemsDirector&release=All&platform=All&function=all



  2. Select the following fix pack:
    SysDir6_2_x_0_6_3_x_0_IT02562_IT02549_IT02551_IT02560

    Note:
    This fix package includes all releases, and all platforms.

  3. Follow the Instructions beneath the table for your desired platform


Product VRMF APAR Associated Technote
IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform Agent Xlinux Platform Agent 6.2.0.x to 6.3.5 IT02562 http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/  and search for Technote 709562501
IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform Agent Windows Platform Agent 6.2.0.x to 6.3.5 IT02549 http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/  and search for Technote 709506455
IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform Agent Power Linux Platform Agent 6.2.0.x to 6.3.5 IT02551 http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/  and search for Technote 709595132
IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform Agent Zlinux Platform Agent 6.2.0.x to 6.3.5 IT02560 http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/  and search for Technote 709542145

IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Platform Agent

AIX Platform Agent 6.2.0.x to 6.3.5 Not Applicable see Technote http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/  and search for Technote 709526284
IBM Systems Director Platform Agent IBMi Platform Agent 6.2.0.x to 6.3.5 Not Applicable see Technote http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/  and search for Technote 709526284

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None known


References:

 

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
26 June 2014:  Original Copy Published

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System Management software:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5095985