SB2014042110 - Multiple vulnerabilities in SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family 



SB2014042110 - Multiple vulnerabilities in SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family

Published: April 21, 2014 Updated: July 13, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2014042110
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0160)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the TLS/DTLS heartbeat functionality. A remote attacker can read system memory contents without needing to log on to the server and retrieve private keys, passwords or other sensitive information

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.



2) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0076)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to montgomery ladder implementation in OpenSSL does not ensure that certain swap operations have a constant-time behavior. A local attacker can obtain ECDSA nonces via a FLUSH+RELOAD cache side-channel attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.