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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.0993
IBM Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability in GSKit
shipped with IBM PCOMM v12
26 March 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Personal Communications
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-0702
Reference: ASB-2017.0219
ASB-2016.0074
ASB-2016.0042
ESB-2016.0547
ESB-2016.0544
ESB-2016.0543.2
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10875944
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Security vulnerability in GSKit shipped with IBM PCOMM v12.
Product: Personal Communications
Software version: 12.0, 12.0.0.1, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3.
Operating system(s): Windows
Reference #: 0875944
Security Bulletin
Summary
GSKit is an IBM component that is used by Personal Communications v12. GSKit
that is shipped with Personal Communications contains security vulnerability.
Personal Communications has addressed it by packaging a higher version of GSKit
that contains the fix.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-0702
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive
information, caused by a side-channel attack against a system based on the
Intel Sandy-Bridge microarchitecture. An attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to recover RSA keys.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
111144 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Personal Communications 12.0, 12.0.0.1, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3.
Remediation/Fixes
+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
|Product |VRMF |Remediation |
+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
|Personal Communications |12.0 |Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4 |
+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
|Personal Communications |12.0.0.1 |Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4 |
+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
|Personal Communications |12.0.1 |Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4 |
+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
|Personal Communications |12.0.2 |Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4 |
+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
|Personal Communications |12.0.3 |Upgrade to Personal communication 12.0.4 |
+-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Reference
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
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.
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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