Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in OpenSSL affects IBM Netezza Platform Software clients (CVE-2015-3194)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on December 3, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Netezza Platform Software clients. IBM Netezza Platform Software has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-3194 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference when verifying certificates via a malformed routine. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using signature verification routines with an absent PSS parameter to cause any certificate verification operation to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108503&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Netezza clients from any of the following releases:

IBM Netezza Platform Software 7.1.0.8 (and prior releases)
IBM Netezza Platform Software 7.2.0.7 (and prior releases)
IBM Netezza Platform Software 7.2.1.1 (and prior releases)

Remediation/Fixes

For NPS clients that are running any of the affected releases, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the clients that are available in the following release:

IBM Netezza Platform Software

| 7.1.0.8-P1| Link to Fix Central
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IBM Netezza Platform Software| 7.2.0.7-P1| Link to Fix Central
IBM Netezza Platform Software| 7.2.1.1-P1| Link to Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None