IBM Rational Policy Tester prior 8.5.0.0 improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Policy Tester. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

IBM Rational Policy Tester 8.5 before 8.5.0.5 does not properly check authorization for changes to the set of authentication hosts, which allows remote authenticated users to perform spoofing attacks involving an HTTP redirect via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 09/08/2013 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-4061 since 06/07/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124200 (IBM Security AppScan Enterprise Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 8.5.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (86585). See 10983, 10984 and 64879 for similar entries.

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Rational Policy Tester

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commercial

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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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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06/07/2013 🔍
09/08/2013 +93 days 🔍
09/08/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +562 days 🔍
02/18/2018 +1062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-4061 (🔍)
X-Force: 86585 - IBM AppScan Enterprise and Rational Policy Tester privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 62175

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 02/18/2018 11:23
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (50), 02/18/2018 11:23 (5)
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