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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Diffie-Hellman ciphers affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows-based deployments. (CVE-2015-4000)

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Summary

The Logjam Attack on TLS connections using the Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange protocol affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows-based deployments.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4000
DESCRIPTION:
The TLS protocol could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly convey a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite choice. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to force a downgrade to 512-bit export-grade cipher. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to recover the session key as well as modify the contents of the traffic. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as "Logjam".
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103294 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems 3.0.0.0 and earlier.
IBM OS Image for AIX Systems 2.1.1.0 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

Virtual machines deployed from IBM PureApplication Systems are affected. This includes RedHat Linux, AIX-based, and Windows-based deployments. The solution is to apply the following IBM PureApplication System fix to the deployed virtual machines.

Java Updates:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=Java_Update_AIX_CVE-2015-4000,Java_Update_Windows_CVE-2015-4000,Java_Update_Linux_CVE-2015-4000&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc


1. Import the fix into the Emergency Fix catalogue.
2. For deployed instances, apply this emergency fix on the VM.
3. Restart the deployed instance after the fix is applied.

You should verify applying this configuration change does not cause any compatibility issues. If you change the default setting after applying the fix, you will expose yourself to the attack described above. IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify other areas where you have enabled the Diffie-Hellman key-exchange protocol used in TLS and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Reported to IBM by The WeakDH team at https://weakdh.org

Change History

19 August 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21964797