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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru Firmware, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module and SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter

Created by Brian Bedard on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868526
868526

Security Bulletin


Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on March 1, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru Firmware, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module and SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module forIBM BladeCenter use OpenSSL and have addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on March 1, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru Firmware, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module and SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter use OpenSSL and have addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0705

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when parsing DSA private keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111140 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0797

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the BN_hex2bn/BN_dec2bn() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted data to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111142 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected products and versions

Product Affected Version
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru
9.1
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter 7.10
QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter 9.0

Remediation/Fixes

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

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

Product Fixed Version
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru
qlgc_fw_flex_9.1.8.01.00_anyos_noarch
9.1.8.01.00
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter
qlgc_fw_bcsw_7.10.1.38.00_anyos_noarch
7.10.1.38.00
QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter
qlgc_fw_bcsw_9.0.3.16.00_anyos_noarch
9.0.3.16.00

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
07 July 2016: Original Version Published

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

PureFlex System and Flex System:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2023

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099423