PK38745: There is a serious security hole in the way Clearquest web works right now.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• There is a serious security hole in the way Clearquest web works
  right now.
  Take two machines serverA and serverB. Install Clearquest and cl
  earquest web components on both.
  On serverA:
  In C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearQuest\cqweb\cqserver\config\jt
  l.properties, you can have
  JTLRMIREGISTRYSERVERS=serverA:1130
  In C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\rwp\EmbeddedExpress\profiles
  \profile1\installedApps\DefaultNode\RationalClearQuestWeb.ear\CQ
  WebModule.war\WEB-INF\classes\jtl.properties, you have
  JTLRMIREGISTRYSERVERS=serverA:1130
  On serverB:
  In C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearQuest\cqweb\cqserver\config\jt
  l.properties, you can have
  JTLRMIREGISTRYSERVERS=serverA:1130,serverB:1130
  In C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\rwp\EmbeddedExpress\profiles
  \profile1\installedApps\DefaultNode\RationalClearQuestWeb.ear\CQ
  WebModule.war\WEB-INF\classes\jtl.properties, you have
  JTLRMIREGISTRYSERVERS=serverA:1130,serverB:1130
  On serverA, create one connection called  PRODUCTION that points
   to say a SQL server database server ProdServer. It also has a d
  atabase called SAMPL which points to a physical database Prod.
  On serverA, create one connection called  PRODUCTION that points
   to say a SQL server database server TESTServer. It also has a u
  ser database called SAMPL which points to a physical database TE
  ST.
  Restart services on both servers serverA and serverB.
  You will see that some requests go to serverB. the end user does
  n't know that all his submissions/changes in fact are going into
   a test database.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• A security vulnerability exists in ClearQuest Web.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in ClearQuest version 7.1
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CLRQUEST MSITE

• Fixed component ID

  5724G3701

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSN

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