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Security Bulletin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability affects multiple IBM Rational products based on IBM Jazz technology (CVE-2016-8968)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in the IBM Jazz Foundation affects the following IBM Jazz based Applications: Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG), Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager (RELM), Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Rational Rhapsody Design Manager (Rhapsody DM), and Rational Software Architect Design Manager (RSA DM).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8968
DESCRIPTION: IBM Jazz Foundation 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/118857 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 Collaborative Lifecycle Management 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Quality Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2
Rational Team Concert 6.0 - 6.0.2
Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0 - 6.0.2
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2
Rational Software Architect Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Versions 6.0.3 are not affected.

Remediation/Fixes

For the 6.0.x releases, upgrade to version 6.0.2 ifix8 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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

13 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.

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Product Synonym

Rational DOORS Next Generation;Rational Team Concert;Rational Quality Manager;Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager;Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Solution

Document Information

Modified date:
28 April 2021

UID

swg21998515

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