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Security Bulletin: Aspera Applications are affected by an OpenSSL vulnerability (CVE-2016-8610)

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Summary

Aspera Applications has addressed the following OpenSSL vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8610
DESCRIPTION: 
SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to stop responding.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 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:H)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM Aspera Application Platform on Demand 3.6.0
  • IBM Aspera Azure on Demand 3.6.0
  • IBM Aspera Connect Server 3.6.3
  • IBM Aspera Console Application 3.1.1
  • IBM Aspera Enterprise Server 3.6.3
  • IBM Aspera Faspex Application (Windows) 4.0.3
  • IBM Aspera faspex on Demand 6.0
  • IBM Aspera FaspStream 3.7.0
  • IBM Aspera Orchestrator (Windows) 2.6.1
  • IBM Aspera Point to Point Client 3.6.3
  • IBM Aspera Proxy 1.4.0
  • IBM Aspera Server on Demand 6.0
  • IBM Aspera Sync (Mac) 3.5.3
  • IBM Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager with AutoScale 3.6.0
  • IBM Aspera Virtual Catcher (Windows) 2.4.5

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation / First Fix
IBM Aspera Console Application3.2.0 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/3
IBM Aspera Faspex Application (Windows)4.1.0 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/6
IBM Aspera Orchestrator (Windows)2.7.1 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/27
IBM Aspera Virtual Catcher (Windows)3.0.2 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/51
IBM Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager with AutoScale1.2.3 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/53
IBM Aspera faspex on Demand3.7.3 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/56
IBM Aspera Application Platform on Demand3.7.3 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/54
IBM Aspera Server on Demand3.7.3 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/55
IBM Aspera Azure on Demand3.7.2 or higherNoneAvailable on Azure Marketplace
IBM Aspera Enterprise Server3.7.4 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/1
IBM Aspera Connect Server 3.7.4 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/4
IBM Aspera Point to Point Client 3.7.4 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/7
IBM Aspera FaspStream 3.7.2 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/60
IBM Aspera Proxy1.4.1 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/42
IBM Aspera Sync (Mac) 3.7.4 or higherNonehttp://downloads.asperasoft.com

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Change History

2 October 2017: 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

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg22010618