Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Network Security Services (NSS) affects IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2015-2730)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Network Security Services (NSS) that is used by IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family. These issues were disclosed by Mozilla in July 2015.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2730**
DESCRIPTION:** Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.1 does not properly perform Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) multiplications, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof ECDSA signatures via unspecified vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/104386 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500

All products are affected when running supported releases 1.1 to 7.5 except for versions 7.4.0.8 and 7.5.0.5 and above. Version 7.6 is not affected.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, V5000, V3700 and V3500 to the following code levels or higher:

7.4.0.8
7.5.0.6
7.6.0.3

Latest SAN Volume Controller Code
Latest Storwize V7000 Code
Latest Storwize V5000 Code
Latest Storwize V3700 Code
Latest Storwize V3500 Code

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.