IBMB0BF87232F83676F4B5A2915F9C9C4D439BA56798B8954A4EFD0E0F35E75238DSecurity Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is affected by OpenSSL Vulnerability (CVE-2023-2650)
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
50.9%
Summary
A vulnerability in OpenSSL used by InfoSphere Information Server were addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2023-2650
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when using OBJ_obj2txt() directly, or use any of the OpenSSL subsystems OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS with no message size limit. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256611 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| InfoSphere Information Server | 11.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| InfoSphere Information Server, InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud | 11.7 | DT243197 | |
| DT257877 | --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 | ||
| --Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.4 | |||
| --Apply InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.1.4 Service pack 2 |
--Upgrade to DataDirect ODBC drivers version 8.0
--Use Technote to choose which OpenSSL version the drivers will use
--Use Technote to follow additional post installation configuration steps
--For Finley machine learning engine, apply Information Server Microservices tier security patch
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm infosphere information server | eq | 11.7 |
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
50.9%