Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter systems (CVE-2016-7055)

Summary

QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter systems have addressed the following vulnerability OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter systems have addressed the following vulnerability OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-7055

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in a Broadwell-specific Montgomery multiplication procedure. By sending specially crafted data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger errors in public-key operations in configurations where multiple remote clients select an affected EC algorithm and cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118748&gt; 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

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V3 Guide
• On-line Calculator V3

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

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
22 November, 2017: Original Version Published

• The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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