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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.2303 Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in IBM Rational ClearQuest with SSL/TLS communications (CVE-2016-2922) 10 August 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Rational ClearQuest Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX Linux variants Solaris Windows Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-2922 Original Bulletin: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10718377 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in IBM Rational ClearQuest with SSL /TLS communications (CVE-2016-2922) Document information More support for: Rational ClearQuest Software version: 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.4, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.0.6, 8.0.0.7, 8.0.0.8, 8.0.0.9, 8.0.0.10, 8.0.0.11, 8.0.0.12, 8.0.0.13, 8.0.0.14, 8.0.0.15, 8.0.0.16, 8.0.0.17, 8.0.0.18, 8.0.0.19, 8.0.0.20, 8.0.0.21, 8.0.1, 8.0.1.1, 8.0.1.2, 8.0.1.3, 8.0.1.4, 8.0.1.5, 8.0.1.6, 8.0.1.7, 8.0.1.8, 8.0.1.9, 8.0.1.10, 8.0.1.11, 8.0.1.12, 8.0.1.13, 8.0.1.14, 8.0.1.15, 8.0.1.16, 8.0.1.17, 9.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.0.2, 9.0.0.3, 9.0.0.4, 9.0.0.5, 9.0.0.6, 9.0.1, 9.0.1.1, 9.0.1.2, 9.0.1.3 Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Reference #: 0718377 Modified date: 09 August 2018 Security Bulletin Summary IBM Rational ClearQuest is vulnerable to attacks on its SSL/TLS communications due to improper validation of server certificates. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-2922 DESCRIPTION: IBM ClearQuest (CQ OSLC linkages, EmailRelay) fails to check the SSL certificate against the requested hostname. It is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack with an impersonating server observing all the data transmitted to the real server. CVSS Base Score: 3.7 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/ 113353 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) Affected Products and Versions IBM Rational ClearQuest version 8 and 9 in the following components: o ClearQuest Web/CQ OSLC server/CM Server component, when configured to use SSL. o ClearQuest EmailRelay using secure connections. +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | ClearQuest version | Status | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 9.0.1 through 9.0.1.3 | Affected | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 9.0 through 9.0.0.6 | Affected | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |8.0 through 8.0.0.21 |Affected | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |8.0.1 through 8.0.1.17 |Affected | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ Remediation/Fixes Apply a fix pack as listed in the table below. +-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | Affected Versions | Applying the fix | +-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | 9.0.1 through |Install Rational ClearQuest Fix Pack 4 (9.0.1.4) for | | 9.0.1.3 |9.0.1 | |9.0 through 9.0.0.6| | +-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | 8.0.1 through |Install Rational ClearQuest Fix Pack 18 (8.0.1.18) for | | 8.0.1.17 |8.0.1 | | 8.0 through | | | 8.0.0.21 | | +-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ For 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 8.0.x and earlier releases, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product. Workarounds and Mitigations None. Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. Reference Complete CVSS v3 Guide On-line Calculator v3 Related Information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog Change History 9 August 2018: Originally 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 According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." 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