IBM Rational ClearQuest up to 8.0.1.9/9.0.1.3 SSL Certificate Validator certificate validation

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Rational ClearQuest up to 8.0.1.9/9.0.1.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SSL Certificate Validator. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-2922. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Rational ClearQuest up to 8.0.1.9/9.0.1.3 (Business Process Management Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component SSL Certificate Validator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Rational ClearQuest 8.0 through 8.0.1.9 and 9.0 through 9.0.1.3 (CQ OSLC linkages, EmailRelay) fails to check the SSL certificate against the requested hostname. It is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack with an impersonating server observing all the data transmitted to the real server. IBM X-Force ID: 113353.

The bug was discovered 08/09/2018. The weakness was shared 08/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2922 since 03/08/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/01/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

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.

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Type

• Business Process Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Rational ClearQuest

Version

• 8.0.1.0
• 8.0.1.1
• 8.0.1.2
• 8.0.1.3
• 8.0.1.4
• 8.0.1.5
• 8.0.1.6
• 8.0.1.7
• 8.0.1.8
• 8.0.1.9
• 9.0.1.0
• 9.0.1.1
• 9.0.1.2
• 9.0.1.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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