Security Bulletin: OpenSSL vulnerabilities in the IBM Security Verify Information Queue web server (CVE-2021-3711, CVE-2021-3712)

Summary

The web server in IBM Security Verify Information Queue (ISIQ) v10.0.2 uses an older Node.js version with two known OpenSSL vulnerabilities. ISIQ v10.0.3 upgraded to a Node.js version that includes a newer OpenSSL to remediate the vulnerabilities. (CVE-2021-3711, CVE-2021-3712)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-3711
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the EVP_PKEY_decrypt() function within implementation of the SM2 decryption. By sending specially crafted SM2 content, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208072 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-3712
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read when processing ASN.1 strings. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Download and install the latest ISIQ images, tagged at 10.0.3 or greater, from the ISIQ Starter Kit page at <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-security-information-queue-starter-kit&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None