Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Protect Server may be susceptible to loss of confidentiality vulnerability due to Golang Go (CVE-2023-45287)

Summary

Golang Go is used by the IBM Storage Protect Server OSSM component. Golang Go is vulnerable to loss of confidentiality caused by timing-side channel attack in RSA based key exchange methods used in crypto/tls.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45287
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-side channel attack in the RSA based key exchange methods in crypto/tls. The removal of of PKCS#1 padding could allow a remote attacker to leak timing information, which in turn could be used to recover session key bits.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/273499 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by upgrading.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None