Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on May 3, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch and IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch. IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch and IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch have addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on May 3, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch and IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch. IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch and IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch have addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: 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 and later reserializes them. 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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112853
for the 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 FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch | 7.0.0 - 8.0.1 |
| IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch | 4.0.0 - 6.0.2 |
Remediation/Fixes:
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
| Product | Fix Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable
Switch (brcd_fw_bcsw_8.1.0a_anyos_noarch) |
8.1.0a |
| IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch (brcd_fw_bcsw_nos6.0.2b-bbd_anyos_noarch) |
6.0.2b-bbd |
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
11 July 2017: 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
Modified date:
30 January 2019
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099625