Security Bulletin: CVE-2020-1968 vulnerability in OpenSSL may affect IBM Workload Scheduler

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2020-1968 has been disclosed by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Workload Scheduler. IBM Workload Scheduler has addressed the CVE

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-1968
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a Raccoon attack in the TLS specification. By computing the pre-master secret in connections which have used a Diffie-Hellman (DH) based ciphersuite, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to eavesdrop on all encrypted communications sent over that TLS connection.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187977 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

APAR IJ27350 has been opened to address the openssl vulnerabilities for IBM Workload Scheduler.
APAR IJ27350 has been included in 9.4.0-TIV-TWS-FP0007 and 9.5.0-TIV-TWS-FP0003.
For Unsupported releases IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported release of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None