Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on September 22 and 26, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Fabric Manager. IBM Fabric Manager has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on September 22 and 26, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Fabric Manager. IBM Fabric Manager has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details:
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2183
Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the Triple-DES on 64-bit block cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337
for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Product | Affected Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Fabric Manager | 4.1 |
Remediation/Fixes:
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
| Product | Fix Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Fabric Manager ibm_sw_ifm-4.1.07.0052_linux_32-64 ibm_sw_ifm-4.1.07.0052_windows_32-64 |
4.1.07.0052 |
Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):
None
References:
Related Information:
IBM
Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security
Incident Response Blog
Lenovo
Product Security Advisories
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
07 December 2016: Original Copy Published
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References
*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 Information
Modified date:
30 January 2019
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099504