Security Bulletin: A vulnerability affects the Cordova platform packaged with Rational Application Developer (CVE-2015-8320)

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered that affects the Cordova platform packaged with Rational Application Developer.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-8320 **
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Cordova Android could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by weak randomization of BridgeSecret data. By predicting a value, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the system.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108201 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.1 and 9.5.

Remediation/Fixes

Update the Android platform to 4.1.1 using the Node Packaged Modules software provided with the product::

1. Open a command terminal and navigate to <product installation directory>/cordova_cli/ (for Windows) or <product installation directory>/cordova_cli/bin/ (for Linux or MacOS)

2. Issue the following command in the same terminal to upgrade the Android platform to 4.1.1:

cordova platform update [email protected] --usenpm
3. Rebuild your application and redeploy to your users

After making these changes to the allowlist (if they are needed) then you will need to rebuild your Android application and distribute to your users as an update.
Rational Application Developer| 9.5.x| PI57585| Update the Android platform to 4.1.1 using the Node Packaged Modules software provided with the product:

1. Open a command terminal and navigate to <product installation directory>/runtimes/nodejs/ (for Windows) or <product installation directory>/runtimes/nodejs/bin/ (for Linux or MacOS)

2. Issue the following command in the same terminal to upgrade the Android platform to 4.1.1:

cordova platform update [email protected] --usenpm
3. Rebuild your application and redeploy to your users

After making these changes to the allowlist (if they are needed) then you will need to rebuild your Android application and distribute to your users as an update.