Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GSKit affect IBM Tivoli Directory Server and IBM Security Directory Server for AIX

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in GSKit that affect IBM Tivoli Directory Server and IBM Security Directory Server for AIX.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1388 DESCRIPTION: GSKit V7 may disclose side channel information via discrepencies between valid and invalid PKCS#1 padding.
CVSS Base Score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138212&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1427 DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit contains several enviornment variables that a local attacker could overflow and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139072&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1426 DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit duplicates the PRNG state across fork() system calls when multiple ICC instances are loaded which could result in duplicate Session IDs and a risk of duplicate key material.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139071&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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&gt; 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-2018-1447 DESCRIPTION: The GSKit CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords. A weak password may be recovered. Note: After update the customer should change password to ensure the new password is stored more securely. Products should encourage customers to take this step as a high priority action.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

The following fileset levels (VRMF) are vulnerable, if the respective IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) or IBM Security Directory Server (ISDS) version is installed:

Note: To find out whether the affected ITDS or ISDS filesets are installed on your systems, refer to the lslpp command found in AIX user’s guide.

Example: lslpp -L | grep -i itds

Remediation/Fixes

Note: Recommended remediation is to always install the most recent package available for the respective IBM Tivoli Directory Server or IBM Security Directory Server version.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.