Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerability in IBM GSKit affects IBM Security Directory Server Container Products (CVE-2023-32342)

Summary

A Security Vulnerability in IBM GSKit that ships with IBM Security Directory Server Container Products has been addressed in an update.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-32342
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM GSKit could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation. By sending an overly large number of trial messages for decryption, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 255828.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255828 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends that customers update their products promptly.

For IBM Security Verify Directory Container:

docker pull icr.io/isvd/verify-directory-server:10.0.0.0 latest

docker pull icr.io/isvd/verify-directory-proxy:10.0.0.0 latest

docker pull icr.io/isvd/verify-directory-seed:10.0.0.0 latest

Workarounds and Mitigations

None