IBM Rational Policy Tester prior 8.5.0.0 Certificates input validation

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Policy Tester. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise before 8.6.0.2 and Rational Policy Tester before 8.5.0.3 do not validate X.509 certificates during scanning, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary certificate.

The weakness was disclosed 12/28/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0738 since 01/17/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.5.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (74578). The entry 63268 is pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Rational Policy Tester 8.5.0.0

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01/17/2012 🔍
12/20/2012 +338 days 🔍
12/28/2012 +8 days 🔍
12/28/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +816 days 🔍
02/04/2018 +1048 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0738 (🔍)
X-Force: 74578 - IBM Security AppScan Enterprise scan spoofing
SecurityFocus: 57014
Secunia: 51661 - IBM Rational Policy Tester / Security AppScan Enterprise Certificate Spoofing, Less Critical

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/04/2018 10:38
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (51), 02/04/2018 10:38 (7)
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