Security Bulletin: IBM Planning Analytics has addressed a security vulnerability (CVE-2016-2183)

Summary

This Security Bulletin addresses a security vulnerability that has been remediated in IBM Planning Analytics 2.0.9.5

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2016-2183
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the DES/3DES cipher, used as a part of the SSL/TLS protocol. By capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between the SSL/TLS server and the client, a remote attacker able to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability to recover the plaintext data and obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as the SWEET32 Birthday attack.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116337 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Planning Analytics 2.0

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as possible:

IBM Planning Analytics Local 2.0.9.5 is now available for download on Fix Central

This only applies to IBM Planning Analytics Local and does not apply to IBM Planning Analytics on Cloud as per:

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/disable-des-and-3des-ciphers-ibm-planning-analytics-mitigate-sweet32-birthday-attack-cve-2016-2183&gt;

“This configuration is only required for Planning Analytics Local 2.0.5 to 2.0.9.4. The same configuration change is not required for TM1 databases running on IBM Cloud.”

Workarounds and Mitigations

None