Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client NetApp Services (CVE-2019-1559)

Summary

An OpenSSL vulnerability was disclosed on February 26, 2019 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Backup-Archive Client for network connections with NetApp services, has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-1559 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to immediately close the TCP connection after the hosts encounter a zero-length record with valid padding. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a 0-byte record padding-oracle attack to decrypt traffic.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157514&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

This security exposure affects network connections between the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Backup-Archive Client and NetApp services. The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client are affected:

• 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.7.1
• 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.5

Remediation/Fixes

Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive
Client Release

|

First Fixing
VRM Level

| Platform | Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.8 | Linux
Windows | <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10885610&gt;
7.1 | 7.1.8.6 |

Linux
Windows

|

<https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044550&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None