Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Control (formerly IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity is affected by an OpenSSL vulnerabilitiy (CVE-2018-0739)

Summary

An OpenSSL vulnerability was disclosed March 2018 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center), has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-0739**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending specially crafted ASN.1 data with a recursive definition, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume excessive stack memory.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140847 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

** Affected Product**

| ** Affected Versions**
—|—
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center| 5.2.0 - 5.2.7.1
IBM Spectrum Control| 5.2.8 - 5.2.16

The versions listed above apply to all licensed offerings of IBM Spectrum Control.

Remediation/Fixes

The solution is to apply an appropriate IBM Spectrum Control fix. Click on the download link and follow the Installation Instructions. The solution should be implemented as soon as practicable_._

Starting with 5.2.8, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center has been renamed to IBM Spectrum Control.

Note: It is always recommended to have a current backup before applying any update procedure.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None