IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects AIX (CVE-2018-0737) Security Bulletin

Jul 4, 2018 9:00 am EDT

Categorized: Low Severity

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There is a vulnerability in OpenSSL used by AIX.

CVE(s): CVE-2018-0737

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):

AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
VIOS 2.2.x

The following fileset levels are vulnerable:

key_fileset = osrcaix

Fileset Lower Level Upper Level KEY
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openssl.base 1.0.2.500 1.0.2.1300 key_w_fs
openssl.base 20.13.102.1000 20.13.102.1300 key_w_fs

Note:
A. 0.9.8, 1.0.1 OpenSSL versions are out-of-support. Customers are advised to upgrade to currently supported OpenSSL 1.0.2 version.
B. Latest level of OpenSSL fileset is available from the web download site:

https://ift.tt/2m4fDa1

To find out whether the affected filesets are installed on your systems, refer to the lslpp command found in the AIX user’s guide.

Example: lslpp -L | grep -i openssl.base

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10713441
X-Force Database: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141679

from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team https://ift.tt/2lRefbL