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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (CVE-2018-0737, CVE-2018-0732)

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

CVEID: CVE-2018-0737
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
for the current score
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)
CVEID: CVE-2018-0732
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
for the current score
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
VRM Level



Platform



Link to fix

      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




Platform




Link to fix

     8.1 8.1.7                      Linux
Windows

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744187

     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.
Data Protection for VMware 7.1.8.5 link:

https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044553
Client 7.1.8.5 link:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044550

   

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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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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Internal Use Only

Advisory 11757 Record 117141
Advisory 12382 Record 122160

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 April 2019

UID

ibm10871016