Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack is affected by a OpenSSL vulnerability

Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in OpenSSL that is used by Chef. IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack uses Chef and is affected by this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-1551
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an overflow in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli. By performing a man-in-the-middle attack, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172752 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to manually get the fix for Chef from the following link:

<https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-7-30-released/16573&gt;

If you face any issues following the Chef link, contact IBM support

Workarounds and Mitigations

None