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Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability exists in the Dojo runtime that affects Rational Application Developer

Security Bulletin


Summary

The dojox/form/resources/fileuploader.swf, dojox/form/resources/uploader.swf, dojox/av/resources/audio.swf, and dojox/av/resources/video.swf files exhibit an cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Any web application using the IBM Dojo Toolkit and providing those files might be subject to this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-8917
DESCRIPTION: IBM Dojo Toolkit is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99303 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Dojo 1.4 and 1.5 packaged with Rational Application Developer 8.0 and 8.5

Remediation/Fixes

Update the Dojo runtime provided by the product to address this vulnerability:

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
Rational Application Developer8.0 and 8.5PI40108Apply Dojo Toolkit update to address CVE-2014-8917

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

* 6 May 2015: Original copy published

*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

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Internal Use Only

PSIRT 2498, Record 47517

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 February 2020

UID

swg21883926

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