Security Bulletin: IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) – Preboot (also known as pDSA) is affected by the following OpenSSL vulnerability: CVE-2014-0224

Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL that were reported on June 5, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project.

Vulnerability Details

Abstract

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL that were reported on June 5, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project

Content

Vulnerability Details:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0224

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by the use of weak keying material in SSL/TLS clients and servers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted handshake to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt and modify traffic.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93586&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected products and versions

• System x3630 M4, Type 7158
• Systemx x3100 M5, Type 5457
• Systemx x3250 M5, Type 5458
• System x3750 M4, Type 8722,8733
• System x3690 X5, Type 7148,7149
• System x3690 X5, Type 7147,7192
• System x3750 M4, Type 8752,8718
• System x3650 M4, Type 7915
• System x3530 M4, Type 7160
• System x3500 M4, Type 7383
• System x3650 M4 BD, Type 5466
• System x3300 M4, Type 7382
• System x3550 M4, Type 7914
• IBM BladeCenter HS23E, Type 8038,8039
• IBM BladeCenter HX5, Type 7872,1909
• IBM BladeCenter HX5, Type 1910,7873
• IBM BladeCenter HS23, Type 7875,1929
• IBM Flex System x880 X6, Type 4259,7903
• IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4, Type 5455
• System x iDataPlex dx360 M4, Type 7912,7913
• System x3850 X6 / x3950 X6, Type 3837,3839
• System x3850 X5 / x3950 X5, Type 7145,7146
• Flex System x240 Compute Node, Type 8737,8738,7863
• Flex System x222 Compute Node, Type 7916
• Flex System x440 Compute Node, Type 7917
• Flex System x220 Compute Node, Type 7906,2585

Affected Versions

• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.60.DSYTE0R
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.51.DSYTD4J
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.54.DSYTD8F
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.60.DSYTD9S
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.41.DSYTC2T
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.41.DSYTC4K
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.41.DSYTC4J
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.44.DSYTC4P
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.35.DSYTAD2
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.50.DSYTD2Y
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.60.DSYTE0K
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.60.DSYTE0M
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.60.DSYTE0N
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.28.DSYTAA4
• IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.45.DSYTC8F

Remediation:

IBM recommends updating to IBM Dynamic System Analysis – Preboot (DSA/pDSA) versions listed in the table below (or newer). Updates are available on the IBM Fix Central page for your hardware platform.

IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.60.DSYTE0R

• System x3850 X6 / x3950 X6 3837,3839
• Flex System x240 Compute Node 8737,8738,7863
• Flex System x222 Compute Node 7916
• Flex System x440 Compute Node 7917
• Flex System x220 Compute Node 7906,2585
• IBM Flex System x880 X6 4259,7903
• System x3100 M5 5457
• System x3750 M4 8722,8733
• System x3750 M4 8752,8718

IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.51.DSYTD4K

• IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 5455

IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.54.DSYTD8G

• System x3630 M4 7158
• BladeCenter HS23E 8038,8039
• IBM BladeCenter HS23 7875,1929
• System x3550 M4 7914
• System x3250 M4 2583
• System x3100 M4 2582
• System X iDataPlex dx360 M4 7912,7913
• IBM System x iDataPlex Direct Water Coo 7918,7919
• System x3650 M4 7915
• System x3650 M4 HD 5460
• System x3530 M4 7160
• System x3300 M4 7382

IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.61.DSYTD9Y

• System x3630 M4, Type 7158
• System x3100 M5, Type 5457
• System x3250 M5, Type 5458
• System x3750 M4, Type 8722,8733
• System x3690 X5, Type 7148,7149
• System x3690 X5, Type 7147,7192
• System x3750 M4, Type 8752,8718
• System x3650 M4, Type 7915
• System x3530 M4, Type 7160
• System x3500 M4, Type 7383
• System x3650 M4 BD, Type 5466
• System x3300 M4, Type 7382
• System x3550 M4, Type 7914
• IBM BladeCenter HS23E, Type 8038,8039
• IBM BladeCenter HX5, Type 7872,1909
• IBM BladeCenter HX5, Type 1910,7873
• IBM BladeCenter HS23, Type 7875,1929
• IBM Flex System x880 X6, Type 4259,7903
• IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4, Type 5455
• System x iDataPlex dx360 M4, Type 7912,7913
• System x3850 X6 / x3950 X6, Type 3837,3839
• System x3850 X5 / x3950 X5, Type 7145,7146
• Flex System x240 Compute Node, Type 8737,8738,7863
• Flex System x222 Compute Node, Type 7916
• Flex System x440 Compute Node, Type 7917
• Flex System x220 Compute Node, Type 7906,2585

IBM Dynamic System Analysis 9.41.DSYTC2U

• System x3250 M5 5458

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None known

References:

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2

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

Acknowledgement
None

Change History
18 June 2014: Original Version Published

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