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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects IBM BladeCenter Switches (CVE-2015-0286)

Created by Sheila Hegeman on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/867734
867734

Security Bulletin


Summary

An OpenSSL vulnerability affects IBM BladeCenter Switches. The IBM BladeCenter Switches listed below have addressed the CVE.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

An OpenSSL vulnerability affects IBM BladeCenter Switches. The IBM BladeCenter Switches listed below have addressed the CVE.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0286

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the ASN1_TYPE_cmp function when attempting to compare ASN.1 boolean types. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash any certificate verification operation and cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101666 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

Product Affected version Fixed version
IBM 1/10 Gb ESM Ethernet Switch 6.8.20.0 and earlier 6.8.21.0
IBM 1/10 Gb ESM Ethernet Switch 7.4.10.0 and earlier 7.4.11.0
IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module for BladeCenter 6.8.20.0 and earlier 6.8.21.0
IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module for BladeCenter 7.8.6.0 and earlier 7.8.7.0

Remediation/Fixes:

Firmware updates are available at IBM Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

You should verify applying the fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations:

None

References:

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History
19 August 2015: 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 Security Bulletin.

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*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

Operating System

System x Hardware Options:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5098564