IBM Security Bulletin: IBM API Connect is affected by OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-0732)

Oct 17, 2018 9:01 am EDT

Categorized: Low Severity

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IBM API Management has addressed the following vulnerability. OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the sending of a very large prime value to the client by a malicious server during key agreement in a TLS handshake. By spending an unreasonably long period of time generating a key for this prime, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the client to hang.

CVE(s): CVE-2018-0732

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

Affected IBM API Management	Affected Versions
IBM API Connect	5.0.8.0-5.0.8.4

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10732459
X-Force Database: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144658

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