Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in openssl affect Power Hardware Management Console ( CVE-2015-3197, CVE-2016-0702, CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2016-0797)

Summary

OpenSSL is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-3197**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks, caused by an error related to the negotiation of disabled SSLv2 ciphers by malicious SSL/TLS clients. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110235 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0702**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a side-channel attack against a system based on the Intel Sandy-Bridge microarchitecture. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover RSA keys.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111144 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0705**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when parsing DSA private keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111140 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0797**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the BN_hex2bn/BN_dec2bn() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted data to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111142 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V7.3.0.0
Power HMC V7.9.0.0
Power HMC V8.1.0.0
Power HMC V8.2.0.0
Power HMC V8.3.0.0
Power HMC V8.4.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V7.7.3.0 SP7

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MB04006

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Apply eFix MH01621

Power HMC

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V7.7.9.0 SP3

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MB04007

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Apply eFix MH01622

Power HMC

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V8.8.1.0 SP3

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MB04008

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Apply eFix MH01623

Power HMC

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V8.8.2.0 SP2

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MB04009

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Apply eFix MH01624

Power HMC

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V8.8.3.0 SP2

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MB04011

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Apply eFix MH01625

Power HMC

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V8.8.4.0 SP1

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MB04012

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Apply eFix MH01626

Workarounds and Mitigations

None