Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware

Summary

IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware has addressed the following vulnerabilities in OpenSSL:

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-3735 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error while parsing an IPAdressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read, resulting in an incorrect text display of the certificate.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131047&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3736 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagation flaw in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring function bn_sqrx8x_internal(). An attacker with online access to an unpatched system could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134397&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:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Product

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Affected Version

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IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware

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3.3-3.6

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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Fix Version

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IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch Firmware

(mlnx_fw_ppc_m460ex-sx-3.6.6000_anyos_noarch)

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3.6.6000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None