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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GnuTLS affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2015-8313, CVE-2015-2806 )

Security Bulletin


Summary

GnuTLS is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2015-2806
DESCRIPTION:
 An unspecified error in libtasn1 related to asn1_der_decoding has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102548 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)


CVEID: CVE-2015-8313
DESCRIPTION:
 GnuTLS could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the improper validation of the first byte of padding in CBC mode. An attacker with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack to calculate the plaintext of secure connections.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111475 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V7.9.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/


Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V7.7.9.0 SP3
MB04022

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Change History

27 June 2016: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1021362