IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6 XML Data xml external entity reference

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component XML Data Handler. The manipulation results in xml external entity reference. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-1588. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager up to 6.0.6. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component XML Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-611. The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Jazz Foundation (IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6) is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 143501.

The bug was discovered 09/20/2018. The weakness was presented 09/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-1588 since 12/12/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/19/2023). 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 5 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.

See VDB-124456, VDB-124459, VDB-124457 and VDB-124460 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

Version

• 5.0
• 5.01
• 5.02
• 6.0
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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