IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects AIX (CVE-2019-1559) Security Bulletin

Apr 17, 2019 9:01 am EDT

Categorized: Medium Severity

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There is a vulnerability in OpenSSL used by AIX.

CVE(s): CVE-2019-1559

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):
AIX 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 1.0.2.1601 key_w_fs
openssl.base 20.13.102.1000 20.16.102.1600 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://ibm.co/2GmaHbf

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: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10878172
X-Force Database: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157514

from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team https://ibm.co/2ZhuQrP