Security Bulletin
Summary
OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM DevOps Code ClearCase. [CVE-2025-9230 , CVE-2025-9232]
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-9230
DESCRIPTION: Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using
password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write.
Impact summary: This out-of-bounds read may trigger a crash which leads to
Denial of Service for an application. The out-of-bounds write can cause
a memory corruption which can have various consequences including
a Denial of Service or Execution of attacker-supplied code.
Although the consequences of a successful exploit of this vulnerability
could be severe, the probability that the attacker would be able to
perform it is low. Besides, password based (PWRI) encryption support in CMS
messages is very rarely used. For that reason the issue was assessed as
Moderate severity according to our Security Policy.
The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this
issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module
boundary.
CWE: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-9232
DESCRIPTION: Issue summary: An application using the OpenSSL HTTP client API functions may
trigger an out-of-bounds read if the 'no_proxy' environment variable is set and
the host portion of the authority component of the HTTP URL is an IPv6 address.
Impact summary: An out-of-bounds read can trigger a crash which leads to
Denial of Service for an application.
The OpenSSL HTTP client API functions can be used directly by applications
but they are also used by the OCSP client functions and CMP (Certificate
Management Protocol) client implementation in OpenSSL. However the URLs used
by these implementations are unlikely to be controlled by an attacker.
In this vulnerable code the out of bounds read can only trigger a crash.
Furthermore the vulnerability requires an attacker-controlled URL to be
passed from an application to the OpenSSL function and the user has to have
a 'no_proxy' environment variable set. For the aforementioned reasons the
issue was assessed as Low severity.
The vulnerable code was introduced in the following patch releases:
3.0.16, 3.1.8, 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.0 and 3.5.0.
The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this
issue, as the HTTP client implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module
boundary.
CWE: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Rational ClearCase | 9.1 through 9.1.0.9 |
| IBM Rational ClearCase | 10.0.1 through 10.0.1.4 |
| IBM DevOps Code ClearCase | 11.0.0 through 11.0.0.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying a fix pack as listed in the table below:
|
Affected Versions
|
Applying the fix
|
| 9.1 through 9.1.0.9 | Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 10 (9.1.0.10) for 9.1 |
| 10.0.1 through 10.0.1.4 | Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 5 (10.0.1.05) for 10.0.1 |
| 11.0.0 through 11.0.0.4 | Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 5 (11.0.0.05) for 11.0.0 |
For 9.0.2.x and earlier releases, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
For 10.0.0.x releases, IBM recommends upgrading to 10.0.1.x release.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
19 Nov 2025: 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 Information
Modified date:
19 November 2025
Initial Publish date:
19 November 2025
UID
ibm17250234