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Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability, exists in the Android platform used by the Cordova tools packaged with Rational Application Developer affecting Rational Developer for i and Rational Developer for AIX and Linux (CVE-2015-1835)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/266353
266353

Security Bulletin


Summary

Portions of IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software are shipped as a component of Rational Developer for i (RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java and EGL editions), and Rational Developer for AIX and Linux.
A security vulnerability, CVE-2015-1835, has been discovered that affects the Android platform used by the Cordova tools in Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1835

DESCRIPTION: The Apache Cordova could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. Applications built with the Cordova framework and lack explicit values set in config.xml can have undefined configuration variables set by Intent. By persuading a victim to click a specially crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious content in applications and modify app characteristics including force-closing.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103448 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product and Version(s)

Product and Version shipped as a component
IBM Rational Developer for i v9.1, v9.1.1 and v9.1.1.1 RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for i v9.1, v9.1.1 and v9.1.1.1, RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, EGL EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for AIX and Linux v9.1 and v9.1.1, AIX COBOL EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for AIX and Linux v9.1 and v9.1.1, C/C++ EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Review the Remediation/Fixes section of Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability, exists in the Android platform used by the Cordova tools in Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (CVE-2015-1835) for instructions on obtaining the fix for this issue.

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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

Apache Cordova Android 4.0.2 and 3.7.2 released

Change History

* 17 September 2015: Original version 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 3359, RDi:92561 RDAL:57487

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 August 2018

UID

swg21966897

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