Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability, exists in the Android platform used by the Cordova tools packaged with Rational Application Developer affecting Rational Developer for i and Rational Developer for AIX and Linux (CVE-2015-1835)

Summary

Portions of IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software are shipped as a component of Rational Developer for i (RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java and EGL editions), and Rational Developer for AIX and Linux.
A security vulnerability, CVE-2015-1835, has been discovered that affects the Android platform used by the Cordova tools in Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1835 **
DESCRIPTION:** The Apache Cordova could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. Applications built with the Cordova framework and lack explicit values set in config.xml can have undefined configuration variables set by Intent. By persuading a victim to click a specially crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious content in applications and modify app characteristics including force-closing.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103448 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product and Version(s)

| Product and Version shipped as a component
—|—
IBM Rational Developer for i v9.1, v9.1.1 and v9.1.1.1 RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java Edition| Rational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for i v9.1, v9.1.1 and v9.1.1.1, RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, EGL Edition| Rational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for AIX and Linux v9.1 and v9.1.1, AIX COBOL Edition| Rational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for AIX and Linux v9.1 and v9.1.1, C/C++ Edition| Rational Application Developer 9.1, 9.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Review the Remediation/Fixes section of Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability, exists in the Android platform used by the Cordova tools in Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (CVE-2015-1835) for instructions on obtaining the fix for this issue.