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Security Bulletin: IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager - Race Condition Format Flaw (Uses of non-thread safe SimpleDateFormat.format() when enabling DEBUG log for IDMappingsService.verbose)

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Summary

In 'IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager [RMM]' if DEBUG logging is enabled for 'IDMappingsService.verbose', then there is a possibility of an incorrect date being written to the logs, or the possibility of an exception being thrown (due to a race-condition involving the use of SimpleDateFormat.format()). Note: DEBUG level logging is NOT enabled for RMM's IDMappingsService by default, thus there is no risk of this situation happening under normal operation of RMM. Instructions of how to enable DEBUG logging is generally given on a case-by-case basis by IBM support, and the debug log output in this case (which 'may' have an incorrect date written) is generally expected to be inspected by IBM support and/or development.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-41779
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a race condition. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely execute code.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/350354 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
RMM7.0.3
RMM7.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

  Affected Product(s)  Version(s)  Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager  7.0.2  Download and install iFix031 or later
IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager  7.0.3  Download and install iFix008 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

Do not enable DEBUG logging for 'IDMappingsService.verbose'.

Note: Enabling DEBUG logging of IDMappingsService is not impacted by this vulnerability. i.e. it is still safe to enable:

<Logger name="com.ibm.team.rmm.models.service.internal.IDMappingsService" level="DEBUG">

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Acknowledgement

Change History

08 Oct 2024: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 October 2024

UID

ibm17172535