Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-3449, CVE-2021-3450)

Summary

IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-3449
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing. By sending a specially crafted renegotiation ClientHello message from a client, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the TLS server to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198752 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-3450
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a a missing check in the validation logic of X.509 certificate chains by the X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag. By using any valid certificate or certificate chain to sign a specially crafted certificate, an attacker could bypass the check that non-CA certificates must not be able to issue other certificates and override the default purpose.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198754 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1
• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.2105

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2, apply fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2.2105

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.0:

• Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2.
• If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

Workarounds and Mitigations

None