Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in nss library (CVE-2023-5388) affects Power HMC.

Summary

The nss library is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-5388
**DESCRIPTION:**Red Hat Enterprise Linux could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an observable timing discrepancy in the numerical library used in NSS for RSA cryptography. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information and use this information to conduct Bleichenbacher or Manger attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279130 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V10.2.1040.0 SP2 x86

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MB04466

|

MF71701

Power HMC

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V10.2.1040.0 SP2 ppc

|

MB04467

|

MF71702

Power HMC

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V10.3.1060.0 x86

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MB04468

|

MF71703

Power HMC

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V10.3.1060.0 ppc

|

MB04469

|

MF71704

Workarounds and Mitigations

None