Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Flex System Manager (FSM)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on January 8, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. This includes FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability. OpenSSL is used by FSM. FSM has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on January 8, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. This includes FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability. OpenSSL is used by FSM. FSM has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3569

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly handle attempts to use unsupported protocols by the ssl23_get_client_hello function in s23_srvr.c. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an unexpected handshake to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and cause the daemon to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99706&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3570

Description: An unspecified error in OpenSSL related to the production of incorrect results on some platforms by Bignum squaring (BN_sqr) has an unknown attack vector and impact.

CVSS Base Score: 2.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99710&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3571

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference when handling malicious messages. By sending a specially-crafted DTLS message, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a segmentation fault.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99703&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3572

Description: OpenSSL could provide weaker than expected security. The client accepts a handshake using an ephemeral ECDH ciphersuite with the server key exchange message omitted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 1.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99705&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8275

Description: OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the modification of the fingerprint without breaking the signature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using non-DER or invalid encodings outside the signed portion of a certificate bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions.

CVSS Base Score: 1.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99709&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0204

Description: A vulnerability in the OpenSSL ssl3_get_key_exchange function could allow a remote attacker to downgrade the security of certain TLS connections. An OpenSSL client accepts the use of an RSA temporary key in a non-export RSA key exchange ciphersuite. This could allow a remote attacker using man-in-the-middle techniques to facilitate brute-force decryption of TLS/SSL traffic between vulnerable clients and servers. This vulnerability is also known as the FREAK attack.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99707&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0205

Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of a DH certificate for client authentication without verification. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to authenticate without the use of a private key.

CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99708&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0206

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the dtls1_buffer_record function. By sending repeated DTLS records with the same sequence number, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available memory resources.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99704&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

• Flex System Manager 1.1.x.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.2.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.0.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.1.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x
• Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x

Remediation/Fixes

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

Navigate to the Support Portal and search for technote 736218441 for instructions on installing updates for the FSM and Agents.
Flex System Manager | 1.3.2.x | IT05287 | The fix for these vulnerabilities is packaged with fixes that require agent updates.

Navigate to the Support Portal and search for technote 736218441 for instructions on installing updates for the FSM and Agents.
Flex System Manager | 1.3.1.x | IT05287 | Upgrade to FSM 1.3.3.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities, or open a PMR with support to request an APAR.
Flex System Manager | 1.3.0.x | IT05287 | Upgrade to FSM 1.3.3.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities, or open a PMR with support to request an APAR.
Flex System Manager | 1.2.1.x | IT05287 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.3.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager | 1.2.0.x | IT05287 | IBM is no longer providing code updates for this release, upgrade to FSM 1.3.3.0 and follow the appropriate remediation for all vulnerabilities.
Flex System Manager | 1.1.x.x | IT05287 | Effective April 30, 2015, IBM has discontinued service for these version/release/modification/fix levels.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

Reference

• Complete CVSS V2 Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• OpenSSL Project vulnerability website
• OpenSSL Advisory on above listed CVEs

Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
27 August, 2015: Original Copy 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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