Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Client and IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware

Summary

OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on December 7, 2017 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by the IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments): Data Protect for VMware, has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-3737**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability in multiple Oracle products could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and high availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/136077 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:L/A:N)
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CVEID:** CVE-2017-3738**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an overflow bug in the AVX2 Montgomery multiplication procedure used in exponentiation with 1024-bit moduli. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key. Note: In order to exploit this vulnerability, the server would have to share the DH1024 private key among multiple clients, which is no longer an option since CVE-2016-0701.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/136078 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

These security exposures affect network connections between IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) and VMware services. This exposure affects:

• IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Client levels:
  - 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.1
  - 6.4 and below all levels (6.4 and below are EOS)

Note that VMware services for the 8.1 client are not affected because the affected component in 8.1 has been moved to Data Protection for VMware.

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• IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments): Data Protection for VMware levels:
  - 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.4.0
  - 7.1.0.0 through 7.1 8.0
  - 6.4 and below all levels (6.4 and below are EOS)

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) Client Release

| Fixing VRM Level|Platform|Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target
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7.1| 7.1.8.2| Linux
Windows | <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044550&gt;
6.4 and below| |
| IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed level or higher of IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments): Data Protection for VMware.

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments): Data Protection for VMware Release	Fixing VRM Level	Platform	Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target
8.1	8.1.4.1	Linux
Windows	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044643
7.1	7.1.8.1	Linux
Windows	You can either apply the above client fix (7.1.8.2) or upgrade to Data Protection for VMware 7.1.8.1 using the following link:
<http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044553&gt;
6.4 and below
IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed level (8.1.4.1 or 7.1.8.1) or higher of IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments): Data Protection for VMware.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None