Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affects IBM Chassis Management Module (CMM) (CVE-2014-3567)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities along with SSL 3 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) were disclosed on October 15, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Chassis Management Module. IBM Chassis Management Module has addressed the applicable CVEsand included the SSL 3.0 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) provided by OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities along with SSL 3 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) were disclosed on October 15, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Chassis Management Module. IBM Chassis Management Module has addressed the applicable CVEs and included the SSL 3.0 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) provided by OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3567

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak when handling failed session ticket integrity checks. By sending an overly large number of invalid session tickets, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available memory of an SSL/TLS or DTLS server.

CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97036&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

The following versions of IBM Chassis Management Module are affected:

• 2PET10A
• 2PET10B
• 2PET10C
• 2PET10D
• 2PET10E
• 2PET10F
• 2PET10G
• 2PET10H
• 2PET10I
• 2PET10K
• 2PET10M
• 2PET10P
• 2PET10Q
• 2PET12D
• 2PET12E
• 2PEO12E
• 2PET12F
• 2PET12G
• 2PET12H
• 2PET12I
• 2PEO12I
• 2PET12K
• 2PEO12O
• 2PET12O
• 2PETE6L
• 2PET12P
• 2PEO12P
• 2PET12R
• 2PEO12R
• 2PETE5O

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended to apply the following update. Firmware updates are available through IBM Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;. You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

• IBM Chassis Management Module [CMM] Firmware v2.5.3T [2PET12T]

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

Reference

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• OpenSSL Project vulnerability website
• OpenSSL Advisory on above listed CVEs

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

None.

Change History
05 May 2015: 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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