Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Private - OpenSSL (CVE-2021-3601)

Summary

Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Private - OpenSSL

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-3601
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of a certificate with explicitly set Basic Constraints to CA:FALSE as a valid CA cert. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability for MITM to any connection from the victim machine.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213731 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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 3.2.1
• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.2203

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2, apply fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2.2203

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