Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Network Security Services (NSS) affects the IBM FlashSystem model V840 (CVE-2015-2730)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Network Security Services (NSS) to which the IBM® FlashSystem™ V840 is susceptible. An exploit of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge signatures.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2730 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to properly handle certain exceptional cases by the Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) multiplication for Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) signature validation in Network Security Services (NSS). By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge signatures.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104386 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

FlashSystem V840 including machine type and models (MTMs) for all available code levels. MTMs affected include 9846-AE1, 9848-AE1, 9846-AC0, 9848-AC0, 9846-AC1, and 9848-AC1.

Remediation/Fixes

V840 MTMs

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
Storage nodes:
9846-AE1 &
9848-AE1

Control nodes: 9846-AC0,
9846-AC1,
9848-AC0 &
9848-AC1| _Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream:

Storage Node VRMF . _
1.4 stream: 1.4.0.10 (or later)
1.3 stream: 1.3.0.5 (or later)
1.2 stream: 1.2.1.9 (or later)

Controller Node VRMF .
7.6 stream: 7.6.0.4 (or later)
7.5 stream: 7.5.0.7 (or later)
7.4 stream: 7.4.0.9 (or later)| _ _N/A| No workarounds or mitigations, other than applying this code fix, are known for this vulnerability

FlashSystem V840 fixes**for storage and controller node **are available @ IBM’s Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None