Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect DataQuant for Workstation (CVE-2015-0204)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on January 8, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. This includes “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability. OpenSSL is used by IBM DataQuant for Workstation. IBM DataQuant for Workstation has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0204
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/99707 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

-DataQuant Version 1 Release 2, Fix Pack 21 (and lower)

-DataQuant Version 2 Release 1, Fix Pack 3 (and lower)

Remediation/Fixes

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Install an updated Java JRE for your version of DataQuant, available for download from IBM Fix Central.

Workarounds and Mitigations

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