Security Bulletin: Information disclosure vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects multiple IBM Rational products based on IBM Jazz technology

Summary

There is an information disclosure due to an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty bundled with IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications affects multiple products: Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG), Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager (RELM), Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Rational Software Architect (RSA DM), and Rational Rhapsody Design Manager (Rhapsody DM).

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2013-6440**
Description**: OpenSAML could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when parsing XML entities.**
CVSS Base Score:** 4.3**
CVSS Temporal Score:** See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89714 for the current score**
CVSS Environmental Score*:** Undefined**
CVSS Vector:** (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 - 6.0.4

Rational Quality Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Quality Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Team Concert 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Team Concert 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Software Architect Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Software Architect Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

For any prior versions of the products listed above, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications bundle different versions of WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile with the available versions of the products, and in addition to the bundled version some previous versions of WAS Liberty are also supported. For a remediation follow the WAS Liberty security bulletin appropriately:

1. Review the Security Bulletin: Information disclosure in WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2013-6440) for vulnerability details.

2. Check the version of WAS Liberty, if any, that your deployment is actually using, and compare it against the list of affected versions in the security bulletin.

3. Review the Remediation/Fixes section in the Security Bulletin: Information disclosure in WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2013-6440_)_ for available fixes in the version that you are using.

• When installing the fixed WAS Liberty package use <JazzInstallLocation>/server/liberty/wlp as the location of the WAS Liberty installation, where <JazzInstallLocation> is the root folder of your CLM installation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None