Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Guardium System x/Flex Systems appliances are affected by vulnerabilities in OpenSSL: CVE-2014-0224

Summary

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

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 <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/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

Hardware versions affected:
InfoSphere Guardium Collector X1000
InfoSphere Guardium Collector x2000
InfoSphere Guardium Aggregator x2000
InfoSphere Guardium Collector x2132
InfoSphere Guardium Aggregator x2132
InfoSphere Guardium Collector x2164
InfoSphere Guardium Aggregator x2164
InfoSphere Guardium Collector x3064
InfoSphere Guardium Aggregator x3064

Remediation/Fixes

Pre-requisites:
Before applying the patch, your system must meet the following requirements:
1. Commands over USB is enabled (this is the default in the System BIOS). System Settings → Integrated Management Module → Commands on USB interface <Enabled>
2. Lan-over-USB must be enabled. This is enabled through the IMM system. IMM Management → Network → USB. Verify that “Enable Ethernet over USB” is checked and applied.

For version 8.2: - Apply the iFix located here:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-8.2p1025&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
For all version 9: - Apply the iFix located here:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-9.0p1037&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known