Security Bulletin: GSKit Sweet32: Birthday attacks in IBM Content Collector for File Systems

Summary

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.

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&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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 Content Collector for File Systems v3.0
IBM Content Collector for File Systems v4.0
IBM Content Collector for File Systems v4.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRM| Remediation
—|—|—
IBM Content Collector for File Systems| 3.0| Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for File Systems 4.0.0.3 Interim Fix 005 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
IBM Content Collector for File Systems| 4.0| Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for File Systems 4.0.0.3 Interim Fix 005 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
IBM Content Collector for File Systems | 4.0.1,
4.0.1.1,
4.0.1.2,
4.0.1.3| Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for File Systems 4.0.1.3 Interim Fix 001 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
IBM Content Collector for File Systems| 4.0.1.4| Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for File Systems 4.0.1.4 Interim Fix 001 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Workarounds and Mitigations

NA