Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed in June 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by by IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. IBM Storwize V7000 Unified has addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
OpenSSL is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified for providing communication security by encrypting data being transmitted.
CVEID: CVE-2014-8176
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in handling internal data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103782 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-1789
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in one of its functions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted certificate or CRL to trigger a segmentation fault.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103779 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-1790
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in its parsing code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted content to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103780 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-1791
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in one of its functions. By sending a specially crafted message, an attacker could produce a race condition.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103609 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-1792
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted data to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103781 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.2.1
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.2 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.5.2.2 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.
Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software
Workarounds and Mitigations
Workaround(s): None
Mitigation(s): Ensure that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.
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References
Change History
16 July 2015: First draft
*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
CQ S1059599 [PSIRT 3400] IBM product record 57800 for IFS and 57750 for SONAS - Open Source OpenSSL vulnerability - Reported in 06/11/2015 X-Force Report
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1005314