OpenSSL Flaws Expose IBM and HP Products to Traffic Interception, Code Execution and Crashes
Vulnerability Disclosure · 61 sources · Updated 5d ago · First seen Aug 25, 2014

Seven OpenSSL vulnerabilities disclosed in 2014 prompted security updates across IBM and HP enterprise products. The flaws can enable man-in-the-middle attacks, arbitrary code execution, denial of service, cross-session data injection and cryptographic information disclosure, depending on configuration. CVE-2014-0224 allows an attacker between a vulnerable client and server to force weak keying material and decrypt or modify traffic; CVE-2014-0195 involves malformed DTLS fragments that can trigger a buffer overflow and potentially execute code. CVE-2014-3470 can crash clients using anonymous ECDH cipher suites, while CVE-2014-0198 can crash applications with buffer-release mode enabled. OpenSSL designated 0.9.8za, 1.0.0m and 1.0.1h as the corresponding fixed branch releases, with applicability varying by flaw.
Remediation requires product-specific updates, including bundled components. IBM issued fixes for IBM i, Security Access Manager appliances, Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX and Tivoli Management Framework, and identified IBM SDK for Node.js 1.1.0.4 as the remediation for affected SDK releases, including the Cordova tools in Rational Application Developer. For SmartCloud Orchestrator 2.3 and 2.3 Fix Pack 1, exposure is limited to an optional Windows enablement bundle that IBM recommends removing because supported functions do not require it. IBM i V5R3 and V5R4 received no fixes and require migration. HP released System Management Homepage 7.3.3.1, Smart Update Manager 6.4.1, Version Control Agent 7.3.3 and Version Control Repository Manager 7.3.4, alongside Systems Insight Manager hotfixes and Insight Control component updates. Upgrading Insight Control to 7.3.1 alone does not resolve all covered flaws; HP also warned that Linux x86 System Management Homepage 7.3.3.1 retained OpenSSL 1.0.0d, making protection against CVE-2014-0224 dependent on upgrading communicating products.


