Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on October 30 2018 and November 2 2018 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Rational ClearCase. IBM Rational ClearCase has addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-0734
DESCRIPTION: The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152085 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-5407
DESCRIPTION: Multiple SMT/Hyper-Threading architectures and processors could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by execution engine sharing on Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) architecture. By using the PortSmash new side-channel attack, an attacker could run a malicious process next to legitimate processes using the architecture’s parallel thread running capabilities to leak encrypted data from the CPU's internal processes. Note: This vulnerability is known as PortSmash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152484 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Rational ClearCase versions:
Version
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Status
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9.0.1 through 9.0.1.5
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Affected
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9.0 through 9.0.0.6
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Affected
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8.0.1 through 8.0.1.19
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Affected
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8.0 through 8.0.0.21
|
Affected
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Not all deployments of Rational ClearCase use OpenSSL in a way that is affected by these vulnerabilities.
You are vulnerable if your use of Rational ClearCase includes any of these configurations:
- You use the base ClearCase/ClearQuest integration client on any platform, configured to use SSL to communicate with a ClearQuest server.
- You use the UCM/ClearQuest integration on UNIX/Linux clients, configured to use SSL to communicate with a ClearQuest server.
Note: Windows clients using the UCM/ClearQuest integration are not vulnerable. - On UNIX/Linux clients, you use the Change Management Integration (CMI), when configured to use SSL to communicate with the server.
Note: Windows clients using the CMI integration are not vulnerable. - You use ratlperl, ccperl, or cqperl to run your own perl scripts, and those scripts use SSL connections.
Remediation/Fixes
Apply a fix pack as listed in the table below. The fix pack includes OpenSSL 1.0.2q.
Affected Versions
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Applying the fix
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9.0.1 through 9.0.1.5
9.0 through 9.0.0.6 |
Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 6 (9.0.1.6) for 9.0.1 |
8.0.1 through 8.0.1.19
8.0 through 8.0.0.21 |
Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 20 (8.0.1.20) for 8.0.1 |
For 8.0.x and earlier releases, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
31 March 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
21 March 2019
UID
ibm10875298