Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to an IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerability (CVE-2014-3603)

Summary

IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to an IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2014-3603
**DESCRIPTION:**The (1) HttpResource and (2) FileBackedHttpResource implementations in Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) before 2.4.1 and OpenSAML Java 2.6.2 do not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject’s Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164271 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

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 3.2.0
• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0, apply November fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0.1911 fix pack

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply November fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.1911 fix pack

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2:

• Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.
• 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