Security Bulletin: OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2019-1551 impacts IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.9.6.2 and earlier, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.9.6.2 and earlier, Aspera Desktop Client 3.9.6 and earlier, & Aspera Connect 3.9.9 and earlier

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2019-1551 impacts IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.9.6.2 and earlier, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.9.6.2 and earlier, Aspera Desktop Client 3.9.6 and earlier, and Aspera Connect 3.9.9 and earlier. The fix was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 4.0.0, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 4.0.0, Aspera Desktop Client 4.0.0, and Aspera Connect 3.10.0

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-1551
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an overflow in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli. By performing a man-in-the-middle attack, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172752 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for the vulnerability was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 4.0.0, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 4.0.0, Aspera Desktop Client 4.0.0, and Aspera Connect 3.10.0.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None