IBM Security Bulletin – Vulnerability in Rational Team Concert 4.0 with potential for Cross Site Request Forgery (CVE-2012-0748)

VULNERABILITY DETAILS

CVE ID: CVE-2012-0748

DESCRIPTION:
Unspecified services are susceptible to cross site request forgery allowing for an attacker to issue requests with the credentials of an authenticated victim. This may allow modification of work items the victim has permission to edit.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74736 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

AFFECTED PLATFORMS: IBM Rational Team Concert 4.0 on all supported operating systems.

REMEDIATION: The recommended solution is to upgrade to RTC version 4.0.0.1 or later.

Fix:
Downloads are available from https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/

Workaround:
None known; apply fixes

Mitigation:
Avoid using your web browser to open other web sites when accessing the RTC application.

REFERENCES:

· Complete CVSS Guide
· On-line Calculator V2
· X-Force Vulnerability Database - Rational Team Concert CSRF exposure
· CVE-2012-0748

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