Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in openssl affects IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on March 1, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems. IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems have addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on March 1, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems. IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems have addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2842

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds by the doapr_outch function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted string to cause an out-of-bounds write or consume an overly large amount of resources.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111304&gt; for 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

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

References

• Complete CVSS V3 Guide
• On-line Calculator V3

Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Security Bulletin: OpenSSL vulnerabilities affect IBM IMM2 for System x, Flex and BladeCenter Systems (1aoo72h-5.60)
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in openssl affect IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems (1aoo74F-5.80)
Lenovo Product Security Advisories

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
05 October, 2016: Original Version Published

• The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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