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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in RC4 stream cipher affects IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Module Firmware (CVE-2015-2808)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868436
868436

Security Bulletin


Summary

The RC4 "Bar Mitzvah Attack" for SSL/TLS affects IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Module Firmware.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

The RC4 "Bar Mitzvah Attack" for SSL/TLS affects IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Module Firmware.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2808

Description: The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely expose account credentials without requiring an active man-in-the-middle session. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as "Bar Mitzvah Attack."

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101851 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Product Affected Version
IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Module Firmware 1.0.0 - 1.3.3

Remediation/Fixes:

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.

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

Product Fixed Version
IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Module Firmware
    Windows: ibm_fw_bcsw_s0cl-1.3.4.012_windows_noarch
    Linux: ibm_fw_bcsw_s0cl-1.3.4.012_linux_noarch
1.3.4.012

Workarounds and Mitigations:

None.

References:

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
19 January 2016: 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

System x Hardware Options:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2023

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099187