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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM SDK for Node.js affect the Cordova tools in Rational Application Developer affecting Rational Developer for i and Rational Developer for AIX and Linux (CVE-2016-2086, CVE-2016-2216, CVE-2015-3197)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/542443
542443

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.
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the IBM SDK for Node.js used by the Cordova platform packaged in IBM Rational Application Developer.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2086
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by the improper handling of the Content-Length header. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request in a malformed chunked header to the Web server to cause multiple processing conflicts on the servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110530 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2216
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when processing malicious requests. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers containing unicode charactesr and cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning or cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110529 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3197
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks, caused by an error related to the negotiation of disabled SSLv2 ciphers by malicious SSL/TLS clients. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110235 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

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, v9.1.1.1, v9.5, v9.5.0.1, 9.5.0.2 RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.5
IBM Rational Developer for i v9.1, v9.1.1 and v9.1.1.1, v9.5, v9.5.0.1, 9.5.0.2 RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, EGL EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.5
IBM Rational Developer for AIX and Linux v9.1, v9.1.1, v9.1.1.1 and v9.1.1.2, AIX COBOL EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for AIX and Linux v9.1, v9.1.1, v9.1.1.1 and v9.1.1.2, C/C++ EditionRational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Review the Remediation/Fixes section of Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM SDK for Node.js affect the Cordova tools in IBM Rational Application Developer (CVE-2016-2086, CVE-2016-2216, CVE-2015-3197) for instructions on obtaining the fix for this issue.

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
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Change History

26 February 2016: 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.

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Internal Use Only

PSIRT 4630, Record RDi: 70533 RDAL: 70515

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 August 2018

UID

swg21977146

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