Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM® SDK for Node.js™ (CVE-2017-3735 CVE-2017-3736)

Security Bulletin

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on November 2, 2017 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM SDK for Node.js. IBM SDK for Node.js has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-3735
Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error while parsing an IPAdressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read, resulting in an incorrect text display of the certificate.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131047 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3736
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagation flaw in the the x86_64 Montgomery squaring function bn_sqrx8x_internal(). An attacker with online access to an unpatched system could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134397 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v4.8.5.0 and earlier releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v6.11.5.0 and earlier releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v8.9.0.0 and earlier releases.

Remediation/Fixes

The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v4.8.6.0 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v6.12.0.0 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v8.9.3.0 and subsequent releases.

IBM SDK for Node.js can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from here.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

December 22 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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM® SDK for Node.js™ (CVE-2017-3735 CVE-2017-3736)