Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability in GSKit shipped with IBM PCOMM v12.

Summary

GSKit is an IBM component that is used by Personal Communications v12. GSKit that is shipped with Personal Communications contains security vulnerability. Personal Communications has addressed it by packaging a higher version of GSKit that contains the fix.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0702 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a side-channel attack against a system based on the Intel Sandy-Bridge microarchitecture. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to recover RSA keys.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111144 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Personal Communications 12.0, 12.0.0.1, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3.

Remediation/Fixes

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Personal Communications

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12.0

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Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4

Personal Communications

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12.0.0.1

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Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4

Personal Communications

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12.0.1

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Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4

Personal Communications

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12.0.2

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Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4

Personal Communications

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12.0.3

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Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

None