Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Rational DOORS Next Generation and Rational Requirements Composer with potential for Cross Site Scripting attack (CVE-2016-0243)

Summary

An undisclosed security vulnerability of IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation and Rational Requirements Composer may result in a Cross Site Scripting attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0243**
Description:** IBM Active Content Filtering is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1 **CVSS Temporal Score:**See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110444 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 Requirements Composer 4.0 - 4.0.7

Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.0.1 - 4.0.7

Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 - 5.0.2

Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0 - 6.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

For the 6.x releases upgrade to version 6.0.1 iFix003.

• Rational DOORS Next Generation 6.0.1 iFix003

For the 5.x releases upgrade to version 5.0.2 iFix014.

• Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0.2 iFix014

For the 4.x releases upgrade to version 4.0.7 iFix010.

• Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.0.7 iFix010
• Rational Requirements Composer 4.0.7 iFix010

Workarounds and Mitigations

None