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Security Bulletin: IBM NeXtScale Fan Power Controller (FPC) is affected by vulnerability in OpenSSL (CVE-2018-0734)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/881155
881155

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM NeXtScale Fan Power Controller (FPC) has addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-0734
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing side channel attack in the DSA signature algorithm. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152085 for the 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 NeXtScale Fan Power Controller (FPC) 

FHET

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

Fix Version

IBM NeXtScale Fan Power Controller (FPC)  
(ibm_fw_fpc_fhet34a-3.20_anyos_noarch)

fhet34a-3.20

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

17 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 April 2019

UID

ibm10881155