Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server bundled with IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications affect the following products: Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG), Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager (RELM), Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Rational Rhapsody Design Manager (Rhapsody DM) and Rational Software Architect Design Manager (RSA DM).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1767
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server CacheMonitor is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148621 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-2018-1777
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148800 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1905
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152534 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1797
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server using Enterprise bundle Archives (EBA) could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system. By persuading a victim to extract a specially-crafted ZIP archive containing "dot dot slash" sequences (../), an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write to arbitrary files on the system. Note: This vulnerability is known as "Zip-Slip".
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149427 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 - 6.0.6
Rational Quality Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Quality Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6
Rational Team Concert 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Team Concert 6.0 - 6.0.6
Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0 - 6.0.6
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6
Rational Software Architect Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Software Architect Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
The IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications bundle different versions of IBM WebSphere Application Server with the available versions of the products, and in addition to the bundled version some previous versions of WAS are also supported. For a remediation follow the WAS security bulletin appropriately.
For vulnerability details/affected versions/Remediation and fixes, review the Security Bulletins:
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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Important Note
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability for CVE-2018-1777 and CVE-2018-1905 were reported to IBM by Benoit Côté-Jodoin from GoSecure
The vulnerability for CVE-2018-1767 was reported to IBM by vah13
Change History
26 November 2018: Initial publication
*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
Advisories 12983, 12873, 12978, 13140.
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Document Information
Modified date:
27 November 2018
Initial Publish date:
26 November 2018
UID
ibm10742251