Security Bulletin: OpenSSL as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to a timing side channel attack (CVE-2018-0734)

Summary

OpenSSL as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to a timing side channel attack

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-0734
**DESCRIPTION:**The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2q (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2p).
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152085 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 - 7.3.3 GA

Remediation/Fixes

QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.2 Patch 6

QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.3 Patch 1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None