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Security Bulletin: IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience allows user authentication via unencrypted GET request (CVE-2015-4990)

Security Bulletin


Summary

The IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience portal allows a user to authenticate via means that could result in exposure of credentials.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4990
DESCRIPTION: The IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience could allow a local privileged user to obtain the authentication credentials of users that connect to the system when the victim connects in a certain way.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105903 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience v8.0-v9.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF
Remediation/First Fix
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
9.0.2A
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/search_results?sn=spe&filter=keywords:ibmsupportfixcentralsearch&q=9.0.2.5168_9.0.2A_IBMTealeaf_CXUpgrade_FixPack2
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
9.0.2
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/search_results?sn=spe&filter=keywords:ibmsupportfixcentralsearch&q=9.0.2.1118_IBMTealeaf_CXUpgrade_FixPack2
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
9.0.1A
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/search_results?sn=spe&filter=keywords:ibmsupportfixcentralsearch&q=9.0.1.5091_9.0.1A_IBMTealeaf_CXUpgrade_FixPack4
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
9.0.1
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/search_results?sn=spe&filter=keywords:ibmsupportfixcentralsearch&q=9.0.1.1097_IBMTealeaf_CXUpgrade_FixPack4
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
9.0.0, 9.0.0A
You can contact the Technical Support team for guidance.
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
8.8
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/search_results?sn=spe&filter=keywords:ibmsupportfixcentralsearch&q=8.8.0.9034_IBMTealeaf_CXUpgrade_FixPack8
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
8.7
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/search_results?sn=spe&filter=keywords:ibmsupportfixcentralsearch&q=8.7.1.8830_IBMTealeaf_CXUpgrade_FixPack9
IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience
8.6 and earlier
You can contact the Technical Support team for guidance.
For v9.0.0, 9.0.0A, and versions before v8.7, IBM recommends upgrading to a later supported version of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Vulnerability reported to IBM by Spyridon Chatzimichail at COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A.

Change History

09 Jun 2016: Update Fix Central links.
18 Dec 2015: Fixed typo in title
17 Dec 2015: Initial publication

*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.

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Internal Use Only

11 Jan 2016: Fixed typo in Change History

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21969739

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