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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability affects Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a security vulnerability in the Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager. The Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager team has addressed the issue and published a remediation.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1608
DESCRIPTION: IBM RELM uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143798 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

For 6.0 - 6.0.6 releases:

  1. Upgrade to version 6.0.6.1 or later: CLM 6.0.6.1
  2. Start the package installation and select RELM when asked about the products to be updated.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

29 April 2019: Initial draft 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.

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Internal Use Only

PR:115075 | A:12019 | RELM |

Document Location

Worldwide

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Product Synonym

Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager;Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Solution

Document Information

Modified date:
28 April 2021

UID

ibm10882778