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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.2447 Security Bulletin: TLS padding vulnerability affects IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications (CVE-2014-8730) 18 December 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX Linux variants Solaris Windows Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction Reduced Security -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-8730 Reference: ESB-2014.2441 ESB-2014.2440 ESB-2014.2421 ESB-2014.2407 ESB-2014.2404 ESB-2014.2375 ESB-2014.2325 Original Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21692911 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: TLS padding vulnerability affects IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications (CVE-2014-8730) Security Bulletin Document information More support for: Content Collector for SAP Applications Software version: 3.0.0, 4.0.0 Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Reference #: 1692911 Modified date: 2014-12-17 Summary Transport Layer Security (TLS) padding vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) like attack affects IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications Vulnerability Details CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8730 DESCRIPTION: IBM HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to check the contents of the padding bytes when using CBC cipher suites of some TLS implementations. A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) like attack to decrypt sensitive information and calculate the plain text of secure connections. CVSS Base Score: 4.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99216 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Affected Products and Versions This vulnerability affects product versions: IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V3.0 IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V4.0 Remediation/Fixes None Workarounds and Mitigations On the system where the server package (V3.0) or the base package (V4.0) is installed, complete these steps : 1. Stop Collector Server. 2. Set the following environment variable for the user that starts Collector Server (archpro): GSK_STRICTCHECK_CBCPADBYTES=GSK_TRUE 3. Restart Collector Server. On the system where the client package (V3.0) or the add-ons package (V4.0) is installed and where Archiving Client, Viewing Client, or an application that uses the API of Content Collector for SAP (csclient.dll) are running, complete these steps: 1. Stop all running clients. 2. Set the following environment variable for the user that starts the clients: GSK_STRICTCHECK_CBCPADBYTES=GSK_TRUE 3. Restart the clients. Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. References Complete CVSS Guide On-line Calculator V2 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog *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. 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