Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Firmware (CVE-2014-3508, CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3511)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL that is used by IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Firmware. These issues were disclosed on August 6, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL support for Open Source: OpenSSL Security Advisory vulnerability was reported in August, 2014. This bulletin addresses the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL that is used by IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Firmware. These issues were disclosed on August 6, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project.

OpenSSL support for Open Source: OpenSSL Security Advisory vulnerability was reported in August, 2014. This bulletin addresses the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3508

Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in OBJ_obj2txt. If applications echo pretty printing output, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read information from the stack.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95165&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3509

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in the ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext() code. If a multithreaded client connects to a malicious server using a resumed session, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95159&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3511

Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the negotiation of TLS 1.0 instead of higher protocol versions by the OpenSSL SSL/TLS server code when handling a badly fragmented ClientHello message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to force a downgrade to TLS 1.0.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95162&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected products and versions

IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Firmware: Fabric Operating System (FOS) 7.2.0d5, 7.2.1c, 7.3.0a

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware updates are available at IBM Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;. It is recommended to update to IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch Firmware version 7.3.1 (brcd_fw_bcsw_7.3.1_anyos_noarch) or a later version.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

Reference

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Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
30 April 2014: Original Copy Published

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