Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability affects Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

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&gt; 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