Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution is affected by an OpenSSL vulnerability (CVE-2017-3731)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution has addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-3731**
DESCRIPTION: *OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read when using a specific cipher. By sending specially crafted truncated packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using CHACHA20/POLY1305 to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121312 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)

Affected Products and Versions

WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.5.1.0, v 7.5.0.1, v 7.5.0.0
WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.0.0.2, v 7.0.0.1, v 7.0.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
Cast Iron Appliance and Hypervisor| 7.5.1.0, 7.5.0.1, 7.5.0.0| LI79582| iFix 7.5.1.0-CUMUIFIX-013
Cast Iron Appliance and Hypervisor| 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.0| LI79582| iFix 7.0.0.2-CUMUIFIX-038

Workarounds and Mitigations

None