Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on April 16, 2018 and June 16, 2018 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments): Data Protection for VMware, has addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a cache-timing side channel attack in the RSA Key generation algorithm. An attacker with access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could exploit this vulnerability to recover the private key and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141679
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the sending of a very large prime value to the client by a malicious server during key agreement in a TLS handshake. By spending an unreasonably long period of time generating a key for this prime, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the client to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144658
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
These security exposures affect network connections between IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) and VMware services. This exposure affects:
- IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Backup-Archive Client levels:
- 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.4
Note that VMware services for the 8.1 client are not affected because the affected component in 8.1 has been moved to Data Protection for VMware.
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments): Data Protection for VMware levels:
- 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.6.1
- 7.1.0.0 through 7.1 8.4
Remediation/Fixes
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client Release |
First Fixing |
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7.1 | 7.1.8.5 | Linux Windows |
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044550 |
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware Release | First Fixing VRM Level |
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8.1 | 8.1.7 | Linux Windows |
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7.1 | 7.1.8.5 | Linux Windows |
Data Protection for VMware 7.1 customers can upgrade to Data Protection for VMware 7.1.8.5 or apply the above 7.1.8.5 client fix. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
2 April 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 Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 April 2019
UID
ibm10871016