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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM HTTP Server shipped with IBM Rational ClearQuest (CVE-2018-1388)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/568097
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Summary

IBM HTTP Server (IHS) is shipped as a component of IBM Rational ClearQuest. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IHS has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section.

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Rational ClearQuest, ClearQuest CM Server component.

Versions 8.0.0.x:

This vulnerability only affects the server component, and only for certain levels of HTTP Server.

Versions 8.0.1.x, 9.0.0.x, 9.0.1.x:

Not affected.

Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by IBM HTTP Server (IHS),which is shipped with IBM Rational ClearQuest.

Principal Product and Version(s)Affected Supporting Product and VersionAffected Supporting Product Security Bulletin
IBM Rational ClearQuest, versions 8.0.0.xIBM HTTP Server version 7Security Bulletin: Information disclosure in IBM HTTP Server (CVE-2018-1388)

ClearQuest Versions
Applying the fix
8.0.0.xIf you are using IBM HTTP Server version 7, apply the appropriate IBM HTTP Server fix directly to your CM server host. No ClearQuest-specific steps are necessary.

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

Change History

18 March 2018: 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

CVEID: CVE-2018-1388
DESCRIPTION: GSKit V7 may disclose side channel information via discrepencies between valid and invalid PKCS#1 padding.
CVSS Base Score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138212 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 February 2020

UID

swg22014588

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