Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on September 22 and 26, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by HP SSL on HP OpenVMS. IBM WebSphere MQ on OpenVMS Alpha and Itanium uses HP SSL and has addressed the applicable CVE ( CVE-2016-2183 ) known as “SWEET32 Birthday attack" .
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2183
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the in the Triple-DES on 64-bit block cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
The vulnerability affects version 6.0 of IBM WebSphere MQ on OpenVMS Alpha & Itanium.
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM WebSphere MQ on OpenVMS Alpha and Itanium. | 6.0.2.13 | IT18095 | Download from Fix Central |
On HP OpenVMS, IBM MQ V6.0.2.13 is a pre-requisite for applying the fix , refer to APAR IT18095 for additional details on the fix.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
15 December 2016 : 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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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21995922