Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 affects IBM SmartCloud Entry (CVE-2014-3566)

Summary

SSLv3 contains a vulnerability that has been referred to as the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) attack. SSLv3 is enabled in IBM SmartCloud Entry.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566

DESCRIPTION: Product could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a design error when using the SSLv3 protocol. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to decrypt SSL sessions and access the plaintext of encrypted connections.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97013&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SmartCloud Entry 3.2 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

None

Workarounds and Mitigations

To prevent the affected product from using SSLv3 protocol:

Edit <configuration_directory>/server.property to change the value of property “org.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty.ssl.protocol” from “SSL_TLS”****to “TLS”, and use the sceappmgr tool to restart the IBM SmartCloud Entry(SCE) service.
Note: the default <configuration_directory> for SCE 3.x is “/var/opt/ibm/.SCE3_x_”.

SSLv3 support will be completely removed by default in future releases.

IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify areas that enable the SSLv3 protocol and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions. The most immediate mitigation action that can be taken is disabling SSLv3. You should verify disabling SSLv3 does not cause any compatibility issues.