Security Bulletin: Tivoli Management Framework affected by vulnerabilities in OpenSSL versions prior to 1.0.0

Abstract

OpenSSL versions prior to 1.0.0 do not follow best security practices and need to upgrade.
On Linux (Intel or z/OS) platform, the components of Tivoli Management Framework 4.1.1 include the files in OpenSSL which version is prior to 1.0.0.

Content

VULNERABILITY DETAILS:
CVE IDs: CVE-2012-2131, CVE-2012-2110, CVE-2012-0884, CVE-2012-0050, CVE-2011-4108, CVE-2011-4576, CVE-2011-4577, CVE-2011-4619, CVE-2012-0027, CVE-2011-3207, CVE-2011-3210, CVE-2011-0014, CVE-2010-4252, CVE-2010-3864, CVE-2010-0742, CVE-2010-1633

DESCRIPTION:

OpenSSL versions prior to 1.0.0 do not follow best security practices and need to upgrade to version 1.0.0j or higher or version 1.0.1c. These versions of OpenSSL resolve a number of key security exposures and improve the entropy by mixing the time into the entropy pool.

For a complete list of OpenSSL Vulnerabilities by version, please refer to http://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
Tivoli Management Framework 4.1.1
(Note: Tivoli Management Framework 4.3.1 does not have this issue.)

REMEDIATION:

• Tivoli Management Framework 4.1.1

On 4.1.1 TMR/MN/GW (Linux on Intel or z/OS):

Apply the TMR/MN/GW limited availability patch 4.1.1-TMF-0130LA to upgrade OpenSSL to version 1.0.1c

On 4.1.1 SSL-B (Linux on Intel or z/OS):

Apply the SSL-B patch 4.1.1-TMF-0131 to upgrade OpenSSL to version 1.0.1c

• Tivoli Management Framework 4.3.1

N/A

WORKAROUND(S):
None.

MITIGATION(S):
None.

REFERENCES:
• Complete CVSS V2 Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• OpenSSL security bulletins:

RELATED INFORMATION:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
None.

CHANGE HISTORY
November 30 2012: Original Copy Published
December 2 2012: Added Note for Tivoli Management Framework 4.3.1

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