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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)

Created by Cesar Ivan Oro… on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/532199
532199

Security Bulletin


Summary

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

IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.1 and 9.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
Rational Application Developer9.1 and 9.1.1PI43799
  • Update the Android platform to 3.7.2 using the Node Packaged Modules software provided with the product:

    • 1. Open a command terminal and navigate to <product installation directory>/cordova_cli/ (for Windows) or <product installation directory>/cordova_cli/bin/ (for Linux or MacOS)

    2. Issue the following command to upgrade the Android platform to 3.7.2:

    cordova platform update android@3.7.2 --usenpm

    3. Rebuild your application and redeploy to your users




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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

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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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

* 14 July 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

CVE-2015-1835, Advisory 3359, Product record 57656

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 February 2020

UID

swg21962128

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