Security Bulletin: Vulnerability found in OpenSSL release used by Windows and z/OS Security Identity Adapters (CVE-2017-3735)

Summary

A vulnerability was found in the OpenSSL release used by the Windows and z/OS Security Identity Adapters. These adapters have been upgraded to a more current OpenSSL release that corrects CVE-2017-3735 “Malformed X.509 IPAddressFamily could cause OOB read” vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-3735 **
DESCRIPTION**:
CVE-2017-3735 : OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error while parsing an IPAdressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read, resulting in an incorrect text display of the certificate.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131047&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:l/I:N/A:N) CVE-2017-3736

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Identity Manager v6.0 Adapters for Windows and z/OS platforms
IBM Security Identity Adapters v7.x for Windows and z/OS platforms

Remediation/Fixes

Obtain the latest GA levels of 6.0 or 7.x adapters, as found on the Fix Link pages listed below:

Product

| Fix Link
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ISIM v6.0 Adapters| Adapters for IBM Security Identity Manager v6.0
Security Identity v7.x Adapters for IGI, ISIM, PIM| IBM Security Identity Adapters