Security Bulletin: ClearQuest Phishing Through Frames Vulnerability (CVE-2012-4839)

CVE ID: CVE-2012-4839

Description: The ClearQuest Web (CQ Web) client is vulnerable to a Phishing Through Frames Attack in the OSLC interface system. This vulnerability was found in one particular OSLC dialog.

Phishing attacks are described in general here: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Phishing

This vulnerability does not exist in the ClearQuest desktop clients or command line utilities. This vulnerability only exists if the CQ Web Server is deployed.

CVSS*:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79068 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Platforms: ClearQuest Web server version 7.1.2.0 through 7.1.2.8 or version 8.0.0.0 though 8.0.0.4.

Remediation: Upgrade to ClearQuest version 7.1.2.9 or 8.0.0.5.

• 8.0.0.5: Download document 4033979
• 7.1.2.9: Download document 4033977

Workarounds: None.

Mitigation: If you are not using OSLC, then do not initiate or respond to any ClearQuest OSLC dialogs. If you are using OSLC, do not respond to OSLC dialogs unless you have initiated the communication using valid ClearQuest web server URLs for your deployment.

References:

Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
CVE-2012-4839
X-Force Vulnerability Database http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79068


Related Information:

IBM Product Security Incident Response Program


Acknowledgement:

Change History:

Dec 12, 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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