Security Bulletin: OpenSSL security vulnerability affects z/TPF (CVE-2016-8610)

Summary

The “SSL Death Alert” vulnerability for OpenSSL affects z/TPF.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8610**
DESCRIPTION:** SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to stop responding.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

z/TPF Enterprise Edition Version 1.1 - 1.1.13

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
z/TPF| 1.1 - 1.1.13| APAR PJ44539| Apply the APAR.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.