Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM PureApplication System and IBM PureApplication System supporting products

Security Bulletin

Summary

Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL as reported by the OpenSSL project, and IBM PureApplication System supporting products affects IBM PureApplication System. IBM PureApplication System addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-3731

DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read when using a specific cipher. By sending specially crafted truncated packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using CHACHA20/POLY1305 to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121312 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:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM PureApplication System V2.2
IBM PureApplication System V2.1

Remediation/Fixes

The PureSystems Manager on IBM PureApplication System is affected.

The solution is to upgrade the IBM PureApplication System to the following fix level:

IBM PureApplication System V2.2:
Upgrade to IBM PureApplication System V2.2.6

IBM PureApplication System V2.1:
IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed version of the product.

CVE	Remediation Fix / Security Bulletin
CVE-2017-3730	IBM PureApplication Security Bulletin
	IBM System Storage Storwise V7000 Unified
CVE-2017-3731	IBM DataPower Gateways Security Bulletin
	IBM Spectrum Scale Security Bulletin
CVE-2017-3732	IBM HMC Security Bulletin
	IBM Spectrum Scale Security Bulletin
CVE-2016-7055	IBM DataPower Gateways Security Bulletin

Notice IBM PureApplication System V2.2.6.0 updated to openSSL1.0.2r .

Upgrade the IBM PureApplication System to the following fix release:

IBM PureApplication System V2.2.6.0

Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27039159

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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Change History

22 June 2017: Original version published
22 June 2019: Updated release 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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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID 7744
Product Record ID 90263

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Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM PureApplication System and IBM PureApplication System supporting products