Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2015-3194)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed in December 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family. SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-3194**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference when verifying certificates via a malformed routine. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using signature verification routines with an absent PSS parameter to cause any certificate verification operation to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108503 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

IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500

All products are affected when running supported releases 1.1 to 7.6 except for versions 7.4.0.9, 7.5.0.7 and 7.6.0.4 and above.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, V5000, V3700 and V3500 to the following code level or higher:

7.4.0.9
7.5.0.7
7.6.0.4

Latest SAN Volume Controller Code
Latest Storwize V7000 Code
Latest Storwize V5000 Code
Latest Storwize V3700 Code
Latest Storwize V3500 Code

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.