Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX (CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2015-3195).

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on December 3, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX. IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX has addressed the applicable CVEs.

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)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3195 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a memory leak in a malformed X509_ATTRIBUTE structure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain CMS data and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108504&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:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix 4.1.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix 4.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

V.R.M.F

| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
4.1.0| IT15028| Apply 4.1.0.4 iFix073, available in cumulative iFix075 on Fix Central
4.0.0| IT15028| Apply 4.0.00 Fix 163, available on IWM

Workarounds and Mitigations

None