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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability found in OpenSSL release used by Windows and z/OS Security Identity Adapters

Created by Daniel Biskar on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/566923
566923

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability was found in the OpenSSL release used by the Windows and z/OS Security Identity Adapters. These adapters have been upgraded to a more current OpenSSL release that corrects the CVE (CVE-2016-8610) "SSL Death Alert: OpenSSL SSL/TLS SSL3_AL_WARNING undefined alert Remote DoS" vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8610

DESCRIPTION: SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to stop responding.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Adapters for Tivoli Identity Manager 5.1 for Windows and z/OS platforms
IBM Security Identity Manager v6.0 Adapters for Windows and z/OS platforms
Security Identity Adapters v7.x for Windows and z/OS platforms

Remediation/Fixes

Obtain the latest GA levels of 5.1, 6.0 or 7.x adapters, as found on the Fix Link pages listed below:

Product

Fix Link
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 5.1 AdaptersITIM 5.1 Adapters
ISIM v6.0 AdaptersAdapters for IBM Security Identity Manager v6.0
Security Identity v7.x Adapters for IGI, ISIM, PIMIBM Security Identity Adapters

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg22007428

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