Security Bulletin: IBM Systems Director Storage Control is affected by vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0224 and CVE-2014-3470)

Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0224

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by the use of weak keying material in SSL/TLS clients and servers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted handshake to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt and modify traffic.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93586&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3470

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the implementation of anonymous ECDH ciphersuites. 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/93589&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

From the IBM System Director command line enter smcli lsver to determine the level of IBM System Director installed.

Remediation:

1. Visit Fix Central at the following release: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Director&product=ibm/Director/SystemsDirector&release=All&platform=All&function=all
2. From this location, select the fix package that matches your platform and release. Download the fix package on the IBM Systems Director Server.
3. Follow the Instructions beneath the table for your desired version of Storage Control and IBM Systems Director.
   Product | VRMF | APAR | Associated Technote
   —|—|—|—
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.1(ISD 6.2.1.x) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.1.1(ISD 6.3.0.0) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.2.0(ISD 6.3.1.0) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.2.1(ISD 6.3.1.1) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.3(ISD 6.3.2.0) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.3.1(ISD 6.3.2.1) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.3.2(ISD 6.3.2.2) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.4(ISD 6.3.3.0) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.4(ISD 6.3.3.1) | IT02752 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477
   IBM Systems Director Storage Control | 4.2.6(ISD 6.3.5.0) | IT02501 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/support/&gt; and search for Technote 712807477

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None known

References:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• OpenSSL Project vulnerability website

Related Information:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
30 June 2014 Original Copy Published

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