Security Bulletin: IBM Rational ClearQuest security vulnerability fixes for CVE-2012-2203

CVE ID: CVE-2012-2203

Description: A vulnerability in relation to PKCS#12 operations and insertion of Trust Anchors exists with GSKit. PKCS#12 file format is not the usual format for ClearQuest deployments.

CVSS*:
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/77280 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Platforms: For ClearQuest v7.1.x: versions prior to 7.1.2.8.

For ClearQuest v8.0.x: versions prior to 8.0.0.4

Remediation: Upgrade ClearQuest to the below versions or later.

• 8.0.0.4: Download document 4033362
• 7.1.2.8: Download document 4033360

Workarounds: ClearQuest deployments that are not using LDAP authentication are not affected.

Mitigation: PKCS#12 format is not the default file format deployed for ClearQuest. Do not change from CMS format.

References:

Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
CVE-2012-2203

Related Information:

IBM Product Security Incident Response Program


Acknowledgement:

Change History:

Sept 25, 2012

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 Flash.


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