Security Bulletin: Network Protection is affected by multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-3505, CVE-2014-3506, CVE-2014-3507, CVE-2014-3510, CVE-2014-3511)

Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL version used by IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID:CVE-2014-3505

**Description:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when handling DTLS packets. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.

The attack does not require local network access, authentication, or specialized knowledge and techniques. An exploit would not affect the integrity of data or confidentiality of information, but it could impact the availability of the system

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95163 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID:CVE-2014-3506

**Description:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing DTLS handshake messages. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume an overly large amount of memory.

The attack does not require local network access, authentication, or specialized knowledge and techniques. An exploit would not affect the integrity of data or confidentiality of information, but it could impact the availability of the system.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95160 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID:CVE-2014-3507

**Description:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending specially-crafted DTLS packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to leak memory and cause a denial of service.

The attack does not require local network access, authentication, or specialized knowledge and techniques. An exploit would not affect the integrity of data or confidentiality of information, but it could impact the availability of the system.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95161 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID:CVE-2014-3510

**Description:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in anonymous ECDH ciphersuites. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malicious handshake to cause the client to crash.

The attack does not require local network access or authentication, but some specialized knowledge and techniques are required. An exploit would not affect the integrity of data or confidentiality of information, but it could impact the availability of the system.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95164 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID:CVE-2014-3511

**Description:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the negotiation of TLS 1.0 instead of higher protocol versions by the OpenSSL SSL/TLS server code when handling a badly fragmented ClientHello message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to force a downgrade to TLS 1.0.

The attack does not require local network access or authentication, but some specialized knowledge and techniques are required. An exploit would not affect the availability of the system or confidentiality of information, but it could impact the integrity of data.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95162 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

**Products:IBM Security Network Protection****(XGS)**models 3100, 4100, 5100

Firmware versions: 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.2.1, 5.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README files included with the patch.

5.1.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0012 for IBM Security Network Protection products at version 5.1

5.1.1.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0007 for IBM Security Network Protection products at version 5.1.1

5.1.2.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0008 for IBM Security Network Protection products at version 5.1.2

5.1.2.1-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0004 for IBM Security Network Protection products at version 5.1.2.1

5.2.0.0-ISS-XGS-All-Models-Hotfix-FP0004 for IBM Security Network Protection products at version 5.2

Workarounds and Mitigations

None