Security Bulletin
Summary
A potential denial of service vulnerability was reported by the OpenSSL project. IBM PureApplication System addressed the applicable CVE.
Additionally this security bulletin addresses the IBM PureApplication System supporting products responses to CVE-2017-3730,
CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2017-3732 and CVE-2016-7055.
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 V2.2.3
IBM PureApplication System V2.1:
As IBM PureApplication System2.1 is end of support IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed version of the product.
As for IBM PureApplication System supporting products review the table below for common vulnerability exposures and security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes.
| CVE | Security Bulletin |
| CVE-2017-3730 | IBM System Storage Storwise V7000 Unified |
| CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2017-3732 | |
| CVE-2017-3732 | IBM HMC Security Bulletin |
| CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2016-7055 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
22 June 2017: Original version published
19 June 2019: Added notice for 2.1
*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
Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.
Internal Use Only
Advisory ID 7744
Product Record ID 90263
updated with CVEs, for PMR
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 June 2019
UID
swg22005135