Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server vulnerability in OpenSSL

Summary

The vulnerability in CVE-2020-1971 have been addressed in the latest interim Fix (iFix) available on Fix Central for all 3 affected versions.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-1971
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. If the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function contain an EDIPARTYNAME, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192748 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

This issue with OpenSSL has been resolved and available on Fix Central as an iFix for clients to apply.
Depending on the version a client is running, they should apply latest iFix package available for the 3 MDM versions impacted - 11.5.0, 11.6.0 and 12.0.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None