Security Bulletin: Open Redirect vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects multiple IBM Rational products based on IBM Jazz technology (CVE-2016-3040)

Summary

Open Redirect 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), and Rational Rhapsody Design Manager (Rhapsody DM).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3040**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty bundled with IBM Jazz Team Server and the CLM applications (RTC, RQM, RDNG), RELM, and Rhapsody DM could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114636 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 3.0.1.6 - 6.0.2

Rational Quality Manager 3.0.1.6
Rational Quality Manager 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational Quality Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Quality Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Team Concert 3.0.1.6
Rational Team Concert 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational Team Concert 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Team Concert 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 4.0.3 - 4.0.7
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 4.0 - 4.0.7
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 5.0 - 5.0.2
Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 6.0 - 6.0.2

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: Open Redirect vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2016-3040_)_ 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: Open Redirect vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2016-3040_)_ 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