Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects ProtecTIER (CVE-2016-2108)

Security Bulletin

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on May 3, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by ProtecTIER. ProtecTIER has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2108
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a buffer underflow when deserializing untrusted ASN.1 structures and later reserializes them. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112853 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

These products are affected by this vulnerability:

· ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition (PID 5639-PTA) - TS7650G

· ProtecTIER Appliance Edition (PID 5639-PTB) - TS7650AP1
· ProtecTIER Entry Edition (PID 5639-PTC) - TS7610 / TS7620
· ProtecTIER Gateway for System Z (PID 5639-FPA)

The code versions impacted are 1.2.x, 2.4.x, 2.5.x, 3.1.x, 3.2.x, 3.3.x and 3.4.x

Remediation/Fixes

<Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition (PID 5639-PTA) - TS7650G	3.3.x, 3.4.x		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=Tape%2Bvirtualization&product=ibm/Storage_Tape/TS7650G+with+ProtecTIER&release=3.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=PT_MD5_OPENSSL40_PSIRT_V3.3.3.3.x86_64_TS7650G&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0&downloadMethod=http
ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition (PID 5639-PTA) - TS7650G	3.2.x		Contact support
ProtecTIER Appliance Edition (PID 5639-PTB) - TS7650AP1	3.3.x,		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=Tape%2Bvirtualization&product=ibm/Storage_Tape/TS7650G+with+ProtecTIER&release=3.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=PT_MD5_OPENSSL40_PSIRT_V3.3.3.3.x86_64_TS7650G&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0&downloadMethod=http
ProtecTIER Appliance Edition (PID 5639-PTB) - TS7650AP1	3.2.x		Contact support
ProtecTIER Entry Edition (PID 5639-PTC)	3.3.x, 3.4.x		https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=Tape%2Bvirtualization&product=ibm/Storage_Tape/TS7650G+with+ProtecTIER&release=3.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=PT_MD5_OPENSSL40_PSIRT_V3.3.3.3.x86_64_TS7650G&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0&downloadMethod=http
ProtecTIER Entry Edition (PID 5639-PTC)	3.2.x		Contact support

For the releases 1.2.x, 2.4.x, 2.5.x and 3.1.x, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

<27 June 2016>: 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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects ProtecTIER (CVE-2016-2108)