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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Rational DOORS Next Generation with potential for Cross-Site Scripting attack (CVE-2016-6055)

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Summary

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Rational DOORS Next Generation with potential for Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-6055
DESCRIPTION: IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117228 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0-6.0.2 (6.0.3 is not affected)

Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0-5.0.2

Rational Requirements Composer 4.0.1-4.0.7

Remediation/Fixes

For Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0-6.0.2, a fix is available by upgrading to 6.0.2 iFix006 or later

For Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0-5.0.2, a fix is available by upgrading to 5.0.2 iFix019 or later For Rational Requirements Composer 4.0.1-4.0.7, a fix is available by upgrading to 4.0.7 iFix012 or later

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

7 February 2017: 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 Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Product Synonym

Rational DOORS Next Generation

Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21995515

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