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Security Bulletin: OpenSSL as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack, and Sensitive Information Exposure. (CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2015-3195, CVE-2015-3196)

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Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities announced 12-3-15 this will also cover Node.js which consumes OpenSSL

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3194

Description:
 OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference when verifying certificates via a malformed routine. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using signature verification routines with an absent PSS parameter to cause any certificate verification operation to crash. 

CVSS Base Score:
 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score:
 See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108503 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:L


CVE-ID:
 CVE-2015-3195

Description:
 OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a memory leak in a malformed X509_ATTRIBUTE structure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain CMS data and other sensitive information. 

CVSS Base Score:
 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score:
 See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108504 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score:
 *Undefined
CVSS Vector:
 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N


CVE-ID:
 CVE-2015-3196

Description:
 OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition when PSK identity hints are received by a multi-threaded client and the SSL_CTX structure is updated with the incorrect value. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to possibly corrupt memory and cause a denial of service. 

CVSS Base Score:
 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score:
 See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108505 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score:
 *Undefined
CVSS Vector:
 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products and Versions

· IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.n

· IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1.n

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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*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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21976148