Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM Spectrum Scale RAID/IBM GPFS Native RAID. This vulnerability, commonly referred to as “SLOTH”, was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2016.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-7575
DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as “SLOTH”.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109415 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/UI:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
The Elastic Storage Server versions 4.0, 3.5, 3.0 and 2.5.
The GPFS Storage Server versions 2.5 and 2.0.
Remediation/Fixes
For the Elastic Storage Server 4.0, obtain 4.0.1 to upgrade your system. See release note for details.
The image is at Fix Central
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%2Bdefined%2Bstorage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale+RAID&release=4.2.0&platform=All&function=all
For the Elastic Storage Server 3.5 thru 3.5.2, obtain 3.5.3 to upgrade your system. See release note for details.
The image is at Fix Central http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%2Bdefined%2Bstorage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale+RAID&release=4.1.1&platform=All&function=all
For the Elastic Storage Server 3.0 thru 3.0.5, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix for IV81398. Follow the APAR_IV81398_ESS30xGUI_README for details.
For the Elastic Storage Server 2.5 thru 2.5.5, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix for IV81398. Follow the APAR_IV81398_ESS25xJava_README for details.
For the GPFS Storage Server 2.0 thru 2.0.7, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix for IV81398. Follow the APAR_IV81398_GSS20xJava_README for details.
For the GPFS Storage Server 2.5, contact Lenovo at http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/servers/high-density/gpfs-storage/
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
CVE-2015-7575 was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan at INRIA in Paris, France
*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:
08 March 2021
UID
isg3T1023364