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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability in Apache FOP affects IBM® Rational® Quality Manager

Security Bulletin


Summary

Security Vulnerability in Apache FOP shipped with IBM Rational Quality Manager was disclosed. IBM Rational Quality Manager has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-5661
DESCRIPTION: Apache FOP could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By using a specially-crafted SVG file. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or possibly cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124797 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 - 6.0.6

Rational Quality Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6
Rational Quality Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

For the 6.0.x and 5.x releases:

For any prior versions of the products listed above, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

If the iFix is not found in the iFix Portal please contact IBM support.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

12 April 2019: 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Product Synonym

Rational Quality Manager;Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Solution

Document Information

Modified date:
28 April 2021

Initial Publish date:
12 April 2019

UID

ibm10880881

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