Security Bulletin: IBM Platform Cluster Manager – Standard Edition (CVE-2014-0092, CVE-2009-5138)

Abstract

Security vulnerability has been reported against GnuTLS where a remote attacker could be allowed to bypass security restrictions, providing them with access to the system. A version of GnuTLS that is vulnerable to the issue is included in past versions of IBM Platform Cluster Manager – Standard Edition. The latest version of GnuTLS addresses the vulnerabilities and can be applied through the fix detailed in the Remediation section.

Content

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:__CVE-2014-0092 __
DESCRIPTION:
GnuTLS could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error when verifying unspecified certificates. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass certificate validation checks and gain access to the system.

CVE-2014-0092
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/91486 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID:__CVE-2009-5138 __
DESCRIPTION:
GnuTLS could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of version 1 X.509 certificates as intermediate CAs when using default certificate verification settings. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to generate certificates for other hosts or users that would be accepted by GnuTLS.

CVE-2009-5138
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/91544 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions
IBM Platform Cluster Manager – Standard Edition 4.1.x

Remediation/Fixes

We strongly recommend that you apply the following fix from FixCentral to avoid this potential security exposure.

Workarounds and Mitigations
None

Reference
· Complete CVSS Guide
· On-line Calculator V2_ _

Related Information
_IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal _
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
30 May, 2014 Original Copy Published

_*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin. _

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