Security Bulletin: The default configuration of the web server used by IBM Netezza Performance Portal uses weak SSL ciphers (CVE-2014-0848)

Summary

The default configuration of the Apache web server used by IBM Netezza Performance Portal uses weak SSL ciphers.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2014-0848

CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90723&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined:
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Netezza Performance Portal 2.0

Remediation/Fixes

Install IBM Netezza Performance Portal 2.0.0.4 available from here.

Workarounds and Mitigations

To avoid this issue, you must log in as the root user to the server where the Netezza Performance Portal is installed and edit the /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf and /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf configuration files.

Search for the SSLCipherSuite variable, which by default has the value:

SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:!LOW

Change the variable definition to the following value:

SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:!

After editing and saving both files, restart the web server by running the service httpd
restart command as the root user.