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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect Rational ClearQuest (CVE-2014-5139, CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3511)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affecting IBM Rational ClearQuest. These issues were disclosed on August 6, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project.

Vulnerability Details

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CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5139



Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference when an SRP ciphersuite is specified without being properly negotiated with the client. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the client to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95166 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)


CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3511

Description: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the negotiation of TLS 1.0 instead of higher protocol versions by the OpenSSL SSL/TLS server code when handling a badly fragmented ClientHello message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to force a downgrade to TLS 1.0.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95162 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)


CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3509

Description: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in the ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext() code. If a multithreaded client connects to a malicious server using a resumed session, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95159 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Rational ClearQuest versions:

  • 7.1.0.x (any version)
  • 7.1.1.x (any version)
  • 7.1.2 through 7.1.2.15
  • 8.0 through 8.0.0.12
  • 8.0.1 through 8.0.1.5.

OpenSSL is embedded in cqperl and ratlperl. You are vulnerable if you use OpenSSL in ClearQuest hooks or ratlperl/cqperl scripts.

Remediation/Fixes

Apply a fix pack for your appropriate release of ClearQuest. These fix packs include OpenSSL 1.0.1i.

Affected Versions
Applying the fix
8.0.1.x
Install Rational ClearQuest Fix Pack 6 (8.0.1.6)
8.0.0.x
Install Rational ClearQuest Fix Pack 13 (8.0.0.13)
7.1.2.x
7.1.1.x
7.1.0.x
Customers with extended support contracts should install Rational ClearQuest Fix Pack 16 (7.1.2.16)

Workarounds and Mitigations

Disable any ratlperl or cqperl scripts and hooks that use SSL until you apply the fixes listed above.

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

* 10 December 2014: Original copy 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 September 2018

UID

swg21692062