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Security Bulletin: z/TPF is affected by an OpenSSL vulnerability

Created by Laura Underhill on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/878807
878807

Security Bulletin


Summary

The z/TPF version of OpenSSL was updated to address the vulnerability described by CVE-2019-1559.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-1559
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to immediately close the TCP connection after the hosts encounter a zero-length record with valid padding. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a 0-byte record padding-oracle attack to decrypt traffic.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157514 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

z/TPF Enterprise Edition Version 1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
z/TPF 1.1 APAR PJ45693 Apply the APAR, which is available for download from the TPF Family Product: Maintenance web page.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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Important Note

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

03 April 2019: Original version published

*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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Internal Use Only

PSIRT Advisory ID: 15311
PSIRT PR ID: 131037

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 April 2019

UID

ibm10878807