Security Bulletin: IBM Datapower Operations Dashboard is vulnerable to a machine-in-the-middle attack CVE-2023-48795

Summary

OpenSSH is used by the IBM Datapower Operations Dashboard for general remote services.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-48795
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSH is vulnerable to a machine-in-the-middle attack, caused by a flaw in the extension negotiation process in the SSH transport protocol when used with certain OpenSSH extensions. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a machine-in-the-middle attack and strip an arbitrary number of messages after the initial key exchange, breaking SSH extension negotiation and downgrading the client connection security.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/275282 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to version 1.0.20.1

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?fixids=DPOD-1.0.20.1&product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FWebSphere%20DataPower%20SOA%20Appliances&source=dbluesearch&mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=dpod&function=fixId&parent=ibm/WebSphere

Workarounds and Mitigations

None