Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server affect IBM Rational products based on IBM Jazz technology

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server traditional and WebSphere Application Server Liberty bundled with IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications affect the following products: 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-2018-1770 DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148686&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1793 DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server using SAML ear 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: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148948&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-7810 DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of expression language. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the protections of a Security Manager.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103155&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1794 DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server using OAuth ear 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: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148949&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 - 6.0.6

Rational Quality Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Quality Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6

Rational Team Concert 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Team Concert 6.0 - 6.0.6

Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0 - 6.0.6

Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6

Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

The IBM Jazz Team Server based Applications bundle different versions of IBM WebSphere Application Server traditional and WebSphere Application Server Liberty with the available versions of the products, and in addition to the bundled version some previous versions of WAS are also supported.

For vulnerability details/affected versions/Remediation and fixes, review the Security Bulletins:

[Security Bulletin: Potential traversal vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console (CVE-2018-1770)](<https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10729521 >)

Security Bulletin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAML ear in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2018-1793)

Security Bulletin: Potential bypass security vulnerability in Expression Language library used by WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2014-7810)

Security Bulletin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in OAuth ear in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2018-1794)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None