Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GnuTLS and OpenSSL affect IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE-2016-8610)

Summary

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuTLS and OpenSSL used by IBM FSM. These issues are addressed in this bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8610**
DESCRIPTION:** The SSL/TLS protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing ALERT packets during a SSL handshake. By sending specially-crafted plain-text ALERT packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources. Note: This vulnerability is called “SSL-Death-Alert”.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118296 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Flex System Manager 1.3.4.0
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.0
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.1
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends updating the FSM using the instructions referenced in this table.

Product|

VRMF

|

Remediation
—|—|—
Flex System Manager|

1.3.4.0

|

Navigate to the Support Portal and search for Technote 814790692 for instructions on installing updates for FSM version 1.3.4 and Agents
Flex System Manager|

1.3.3.0

|

Navigate to the Support Portal and search for Technote 814790692 for instructions on installing updates for FSM version 1.3.3 and Agents
Flex System Manager|

1.3.2.1
1.3.2.0

|

Navigate to the Support Portal and search for Technote 814790692 for instructions on installing updates for FSM version 1.3.2 and Agents

For all VRMF not listed in this table, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed and supported version/release of the product.

For a complete list of FSM security bulletins refer to this technote: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas7797054ebc3d9857486258027006ce4a0&myns=purflex&mync=E&cm_sp=purflex--NULL--E

Workarounds and Mitigations

None