Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure Fan Power Controller (FPC) (CVE-2014-3567)

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities along with SSL 3 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) were disclosed on October 15, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by Fan Power Controller. Fan Power Controller has addressed the applicable CVEs and included the SSL 3.0 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) provided by OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities along with SSL 3 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) were disclosed on October 15, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by Fan Power Controller. Fan Power Controller has addressed the applicable CVEs and included the SSL 3.0 Fallback protection (TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV) provided by OpenSSL.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3567

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak when handling failed session ticket integrity checks. By sending an overly large number of invalid session tickets, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available memory of an SSL/TLS or DTLS server.

CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/97036&gt; for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected products and versions

NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure Fan Power Controller (FPC) firmware versions listed below are affected:

• FHET13A-2.00
• FHET17A-2.02
• FHET21C-2.04
• FHET21E-2.05
• FHET23G-2.06
• FHET24B-2.07
• FHET24D-2.08
• FHET24G-2.09

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended to apply the following update. Firmware updates are available through IBM Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;. You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

• Fan Power Controller (FPC) firmware update FHET24J-2.10.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

Reference

• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• OpenSSL Project vulnerability website
• OpenSSL Advisory on above listed CVEs

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Acknowledgement

None.

Change History
05 March 2015: Original Copy Published

• The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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