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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in openssl affects IBM System Networking Switch products (CVE-2016-2108)

Created by Brian Bedard on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/868568
868568

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM System Networking Switch products have addressed the following vulnerability in openssl.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

IBM System Networking Switch products have addressed the following vulnerability in openssl.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2108

Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a buffer underflow when deserializing untrusted ASN.1 structures. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112853 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected products and versions

Product Affected Version
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 7.8.14.0
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 7.8.14.0
IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module 7.8.14.0
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 7.8.14.0
IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module 7.8.10.0
IBM 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module 7.4.14.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264CS 7.8.14.0
IBM RackSwitch G8052 7.9.17.0
IBM RackSwitch G8052 7.11.7.0
IBM RackSwitch G8124/G8124-E 7.9.17.0
IBM RackSwitch G8124/G8124-E 7.11.7.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264 7.9.17.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264 7.11.7.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264T 7.9.17.0
IBM RackSwitch G8316 7.9.17.0
IBM RackSwitch G8332 7.7.23.0

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product Fix Version
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.15.0_anyos_noarch)		 7.8.15.0
IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.15.0_anyos_noarch)		 7.8.15.0
IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module
(ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.15.0_anyos_noarch)		 7.8.15.0
IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch
(ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.15.0_anyos_noarch)		 7.8.15.0
IBM Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module
(ibm_fw_bcsw_24-10g-7.8.11.0_anyos_noarch)		 7.8.11.0
IBM 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module
(ibm_fw_bcsw_110gup-7.4.15.0_anyos_noarch)		 7.4.15.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264CS (G8264CS-7.8.15.0.zip) 7.8.15.0
IBM RackSwitch G8052 (G8052-7.9.18.0.zip) 7.9.18.0
IBM RackSwitch G8052 (G8052-7.11.8.0.zip) 7.11.8.0
IBM RackSwitch G8124/G8124-E (G8124_G8124E-7.9.18.0.zip) 7.9.18.0
IBM RackSwitch G8124/G8124-E (G8124_G8124E-7.11.8.0.zip) 7.11.8.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264 (G8264-7.9.18.0.zip) 7.9.18.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264 (G8264-7.11.8.0.zip) 7.11.8.0
IBM RackSwitch G8264T (G8264T-7.9.18.0.zip) 7.9.18.0
IBM RackSwitch G8316 (G8316-7.9.18.0.zip) 7.9.18.0
IBM RackSwitch G8332 (G8332-7.7.24.0.zip) 7.7.24.0

You should verify applying this 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
Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
16 September, 2016: Original Version Published

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

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Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

PureFlex System and Flex System:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5099464

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