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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.1550
Watson Explorer is affected by OpenSSL vulnerabilities CVE-2014-5139,
CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3511, CVE-2014-3512
10 September 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Watson Explorer
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Windows
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Reduced Security -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-5139 CVE-2014-3512 CVE-2014-3511
CVE-2014-3509
Reference: ASB-2014.0096
ESB-2014.1491
ESB-2014.1335
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683744
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Security Bulletin: Watson Explorer is affected by OpenSSL vulnerabilities
CVE-2014-5139, CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3511, CVE-2014-3512
Document information
More support for:
Watson Explorer
Software version:
8.1, 8.2.0, 9.0.0
Operating system(s):
Linux, Windows
Reference #:
1683744
Modified date:
2014-09-09
Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Waston Explorer, formerly known as IBM InfoSphere Data Explorer, is
affected by some of the vulnerabilities that The OpenSSL Project reported on
August 6, 2014.
Vulnerability Details
Watson Explorer is affected by the following vulnerabilities from the OpenSSL
Security Advisory [6 Aug 2014]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5139
DESCRIPTION: The issue affects OpenSSL clients and allows a malicious server
to crash the client with a null pointer dereference (read) by specifying an
SRP ciphersuite even though it was not properly negotiated with the client.
This can be exploited through a Denial of Service attack.
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3509
DESCRIPTION: If a multithreaded client connects to a malicious server using a
resumed session and the server sends an ec point format extension it could
write up to 255 bytes to freed memory.
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3511
DESCRIPTION: A flaw in the OpenSSL SSL/TLS server code causes the server to
negotiate TLS 1.0 instead of higher protocol versions when the ClientHello
message is badly fragmented. This allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to force
a downgrade to TLS 1.0 even if both the server and the client support a higher
protocol version, by modifying the client's TLS records.
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3512
DESCRIPTION: A malicious client or server can send invalid SRP parameters and
overrun an internal buffer. Only applications which are explicitly set up for
SRP use are affected.
Affected Products and Versions
Watson Explorer Version 9.0.0.4 and earlier.
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Explorer 9.0.0.5. For all releases between 8.0 and
9.0.0.4, contact IBM Support. A hot fix is available which will upgrade the
0.9.8za OpenSSL libraries to version 0.9.8zb.
Workarounds and Mitigations
No known workarounds
References
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
OpenSSL Project Vulnerabilities website
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
09-Sept-2014: Original version published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will
ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of
this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the
Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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