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

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

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Security Bulletin

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&gt; 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

|

VRMF

|

APAR

|

Remediation / First Fix

—|—|—|—

IBM Aspera Console Application

|

3.2.0 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/3&gt;

IBM Aspera Faspex Application (Windows)

|

4.1.0 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/6&gt;

IBM Aspera Orchestrator (Windows)

|

2.7.1 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/27&gt;

IBM Aspera Virtual Catcher (Windows)

|

3.0.2 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/51&gt;

IBM Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager with AutoScale

|

1.2.3 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/53&gt;

IBM Aspera faspex on Demand

|

3.7.3 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/56&gt;

IBM Aspera Application Platform on Demand

|

3.7.3 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/54&gt;

IBM Aspera Server on Demand

|

3.7.3 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/55&gt;

IBM Aspera Azure on Demand

|

3.7.2 or higher

|

None

|

Available on Azure Marketplace

IBM Aspera Enterprise Server

|

3.7.4 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/1&gt;

IBM Aspera Connect Server

|

3.7.4 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/4&gt;

IBM Aspera Point to Point Client

|

3.7.4 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/7&gt;

IBM Aspera FaspStream

|

3.7.2 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/60&gt;

IBM Aspera Proxy

|

1.4.1 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/42&gt;

IBM Aspera Sync (Mac)

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3.7.4 or higher

|

None

|

<http://downloads.asperasoft.com>

Workarounds and Mitigations

There is no plan for interim workarounds/mitigations.

References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide

On-line Calculator v3

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

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

According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an “industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response.” IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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