Security Bulletin
Summary
The LogJam Attack on Diffie-Hellman ciphers (CVE-2015-4000) may affect some configurations of IBM WebSphere Application Server that shipped with WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus Registry Edition.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-4000
DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly convey a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite choice. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to force a downgrade to 512-bit export-grade cipher. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to recover the session key as well as modify the contents of the traffic. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as "Logjam".
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103294 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Remediation/Fixes
These security vulnerabilities are all fixed with available interim fixes and are targeted for specific WebSphere Application Server fix pack levels. For more information on these fixes, including workarounds and mitigations please see Security Bulletin: Vulnerability with Diffie-Hellman ciphers may affect IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-4000)
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References
Acknowledgement
Reported to IBM by The WeakDH team at https://weakdh.org
Change History
25th of June: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21961049