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Security Bulletin: SSLv3 POODLE attack vulnerability affects IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool (CVE-2014-3566)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability within IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool’s usage of SSLv3 might allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to access the plain text of network traffic encrypted using SSLv3. This vulnerability has been dubbed the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-3566

DESCRIPTION:
IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool’s usage of SSLv3 might allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to access the plain text of network traffic encrypted using SSLv3. Attackers can exploit the protocol handshake provided for version negotiation and break the cryptographic security of SSL 3.0, thereby allowing them to steal secure content.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97013 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

· IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool v2.2.1.3
· IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool v2.3.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

The solution is to apply the following IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool version fixes.

Upgrade the IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool to the following fix levels:

· For IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool v2.2.1.3
o IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool v2.2.1.3 Build 24
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/doSelectFixes?options.selectedFixes=ICCT_v2.2.1.3_24_efix_for_pureapp_1.2.1.1&continue=1


· For IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool v2.3.1.0
o IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool v2.3.1.0 Build 35
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/doSelectFixes?options.selectedFixes=ICCT_v2.3.1.0_35_efix_for_pureapp_1.2.2.0&continue=1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

15 December 2014: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21693275

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