Security Bulletin: IBM DataPower Gateway has released a fixpack in response to the vulnerability known as Spectre.

Summary

IBM has released the following fixpack for IBM DataPower Gateways in response to CVE-2017-5753.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-5753

Affected Products and Versions

IBM DataPower Gateways appliances, versions 7.1.0.0-7.1.0.21, 7.2.0.0-7.2.0.18, 7.5.0.0-7.5.0.12, 7.5.1.0-7.5.1.11, 7.5.2.0-7.5.2.11, 7.6.0.0-7.6.0.4

Remediation/Fixes

Fix is available in versions 7.1.0.23, 7.2.0.21, 7.5.0.13, 7.5.1.12, 7.5.2.12, 7.6.0.5. Refer to _APAR _IT24077 for URLs to download the fix.

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

For DataPower customers using versions 7.0.0 and earlier versions, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Do not use configurations that permit the execution of untrusted policy scripts

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

27 February 2018 Original version published

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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID 10685
Product Record ID 106574

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