Security Bulletin
Summary
An OpenSSL vulnerability was disclosed on February 26, 2019 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Backup-Archive Client for network connections with NetApp services, has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
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
This security exposure affects network connections between the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Backup-Archive Client and NetApp services. The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client are affected:
- 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.7.1
- 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.5
Remediation/Fixes
Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive |
First Fixing |
Platform | Link to Fix |
8.1 | 8.1.8 | Linux Windows |
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10885610 |
7.1 | 7.1.8.6 |
Linux |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
18 July 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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Internal Use Only
Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
24 July 2019
UID
ibm10886237