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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.3100
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability affects Watson Explorer
Foundational Components
5 December 2017
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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: Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-3735
Reference: ASB-2017.0202
ESB-2017.3075
ESB-2017.3028
ESB-2017.2874
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011117
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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability affects Watson Explorer Foundational
Components
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for: Watson Explorer
Software version: 8.2.0, 8.2.0.6, 9.0.0, 9.0.0.8, 10.0.0, 10.0.0.4, 11.0.0,
11.0.0.3, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.2.1
Operating system(s): Linux, Windows
Reference #: 2011117
Modified date: 04 December 2017
Summary
A security vulnerability affects IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Components.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-3735
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive
information, caused by an error while parsing an IPAdressFamily extension in
an X.509 certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger
an out-of-bounds read, resulting in an incorrect text display of the
certificate.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131047 for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
The vulnerability applies to the following product and version:
Watson Explorer Foundational Components versions 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.3, 11.0.1,
11.0.2 - 11.0.2.1
Watson Explorer Foundational Components versions 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.4
Watson Explorer Foundational Components versions 9.0.0.0 - 9.0.0.8
InfoSphere Data Explorer versions 8.2 - 8.2-6
Remediation/Fixes
Follow these steps to upgrade to the required version of OpenSSL.
The table reflects product names at the time the specified versions were
released. To use the links to Fix Central in this table, you must first log in
to the IBM Support: Fix Central site at
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| Affected Product | Affected | Fix |
| | Versions | |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
|Watson Explorer |11.0.0.0 - |Upgrade to Version 11.0.2.2. |
|Foundational Components |11.0.0.3, | |
| |11.0.1, |See Watson Explorer Version 11.0.2.2 |
| |11.0.2 - |Foundational Components for download |
| |11.0.2.1 |information and instructions. |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
|Watson Explorer |10.0.0.0 - |Contact IBM Support for more |
|Foundational Components |10.0.0.4 |information. |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
|Watson Explorer |9.0.0.0 - |Contact IBM Support for more |
|Foundational Components |9.0.0.8 |information. |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
|InfoSphere Data Explorer |8.2 - 8.2-6 |Contact IBM Support for more |
| | |information. |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
4 Dec 2017: Initial 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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