Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in SSH affects IBM DataPower Gateways (CVE-2016-8858)

Summary

An SSH vulnerability was disclosed by the OpenSSH Project. IBM DataPower Gateways has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8858**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSH is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the kex_input_kexinit() function. By sending specially crafted data during the key exchange process, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118127 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM DataPower Gateway versions 7.5.2.0 and 7.5.2.1.

Remediation/Fixes

Fix is available in version 7.5.2.2. Refer to APAR IT18177 for URLs to download the fix.

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None