Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM SONAS (CVE-2014-8176, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2015-1791, CVE-2015-1792)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed in June 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM SONAS. IBM SONAS has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

OpenSSL is used in IBM SONAS for providing communication security by encrypting data being transmitted.

CVEID: CVE-2014-8176

**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in handling internal data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103782&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2015-1789

**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in one of its functions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted certificate or CRL to trigger a segmentation fault.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103779&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2015-1790

**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in its parsing code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted content to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103780&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2015-1791

**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in one of its functions. By sending a specially crafted message, an attacker could produce a race condition.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103609&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2015-1792

**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially crafted data to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103781&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running a code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.2 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.2 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s): None

Mitigation(s): Ensure that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.