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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.0529
Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Spectrum
Protect Plus (CVE-2018-0735, CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-5407)
17 February 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-5407 CVE-2018-0735 CVE-2018-0734
Reference: ASB-2020.0017
ASB-2019.0220
ESB-2020.0491
ESB-2020.0487
Original Bulletin:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/2495343
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Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
(CVE-2018-0735, CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-5407)
Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were discllossed by the OpenSSL Project in October and
November of 2018. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus uses OpenSSL and has addressed the
applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-0735
DESCRIPTION: The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be
vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in
the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j
(Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1).
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
152086 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-0734
DESCRIPTION: The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be
vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in
the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a
(Affected 1.1.1). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in
OpenSSL 1.0.2q (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2p).
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
152085 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-5407
DESCRIPTION: Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local
users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel
timing attack on 'port contention'.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
152484 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
+-----------------------------+---------------+
|Affected Product(s) |Version(s) |
+-----------------------------+---------------+
|IBM Spectrum Protect Plus |10.1.0-10.1.4 |
+-----------------------------+---------------+
Remediation/Fixes
+-----------------+------------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------+
|Spectrum Protect |First Fixing|Platform|Link to Fix |
|Plus Release |VRM Level | | |
+-----------------+------------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------+
|10.1 |10.1.5 |Linux |http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssuid=ibm11072392 |
+-----------------+------------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------+
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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