Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch & SAN Pass-thru Firmware (CVE-2016-2107 CVE-2016-2176)

Vulnerability Details

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on May 3, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru. IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru have addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2107

Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when the connection uses an AES CBC cipher and the server support AES-NI. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt traffic.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112854 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2176

Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, by sending an overly long ASN.1 string to the X509_NAME_oneline() function, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to return arbitrary stack data in the buffer.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112858 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

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.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References:

• Complete CVSS v3 Guide
• On-line Calculator v3

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch & SAN Pass-thru Firmware, QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module and SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
11 July 2016: Original Copy Published
23 Jan 2017: See the newer version of this vulnerability bulletin where products QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter have been added ( http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5099499)

* 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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