Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in Open SSL, which is shipped with IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition (CVE-2016-0702).

Summary

Open SSL is shipped with IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition version 3.9. Information about a security vulnerability affecting Open SSL has been published here.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0702
**DESCRIPTION:*OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a side-channel attack against a system based on the Intel Sandy-Bridge microarchitecture. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover RSA keys.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111144&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition v3.9 Fix Pack 4 & Fix Pack 5.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 3.9 FP4 and FP5 |APAR IJ07985 |

Please call IBM service and reference APAR IJ07985, to obtain a fix.

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Please also note the end of support announcement from 12 September 2017 for selected Netcool product versions.
You can find detailed information on whether the product version you have installed in your environment is affected by this end of service announcement by following the Netcool End of Support Knowledge Collection. If your product version is affected, IBM recommend to upgrade your product version to the latest supported version of your product.
Please contact your IBM account manager for any question you might have or for any assistance you may require for upgrading an end of service announced offering.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.