IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 5.0.2/6.0.5 response splitting

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 5.0.2/6.0.5. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to response splitting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-1549. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in IBM Rational Quality Manager up to 5.0.2/6.0.5 (Testing Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a response splitting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-113. The product receives data from an HTTP agent/component (e.g., web server, proxy, browser, etc.), but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CR and LF characters before the data is included in outgoing HTTP headers. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Rational Quality Manager 5.0 through 5.0.2 and 6.0 through 6.0.5 are vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted URL to cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning, cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 142658.

The bug was discovered 07/06/2018. The weakness was published 07/10/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-1549 since 12/13/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/06/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-121124, VDB-121123, VDB-121125 and VDB-121126. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Testing Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Rational Quality Manager

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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