Security Bulletin: IBM Rational Developer for i is vulnerable to leaked credentials due to a flaw in follow-redirects (CVE-2024-28849).

Summary

IBM Rational Developer for i contains Code Coverage functionality which has a browser interface. The browser interface utilizes follow-redirects which could allow a remote attacker to obtain credentials (CVE-2024-28849). This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability as described in the remediation/fixes section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-28849
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js follow-redirects module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leakage of credentials when clearing authorization header during cross-domain redirect, but keeping the proxy-authentication header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285690 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The issue can be fixed by installing a fixpack.

Instructions to install fixpack 9.8.0.2 for IBM Rational Developer for i are available at Install New Version.

<https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None