Security Bulletin
Summary
Nine OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed in August 2014. This bulletin addresses the two vulnerabilities that are applicable to virtual machines which are deployed by IBM PureApplication System using the IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems and the IBM OS Image for AIX Systems.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-3508
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in OBJ_obj2txt. If applications echo pretty printing output, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read information from the stack.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95165 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-3509
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in the ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext() code. If a multithreaded client connects to a malicious server using a resumed session, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95159 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM PureApplication System V1.1
IBM PureApplication System V2.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.1
Remediation/Fixes
Two emergency fixes are available that should be applied to the IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems (RHEL) and the IBM OS Image for AIX Systems.
IBM PureApplication System V2.1 and IBM PureApplication System V2.0
- RHEL Emergency Fix is located at:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=HV_RHEL6_X64_PATCHES_EFIX+&includeSupersedes=0
IBM PureApplication System V2.0
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
16 July 2015: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21962332