IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management up to 5.02/6.0 Error Message information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Rational DOORS Next Generation, Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, Rational Software Architect Design Manager and Rational Team Concert up to 5.02/6.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1606. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Rational DOORS Next Generation, Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, Rational Software Architect Design Manager and Rational Team Concert up to 5.02/6.0 (Testing Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Jazz based applications (IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6, IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6, IBM Rational Quality Manager 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6, IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6, IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.1, IBM Rational Team Concert 5.0 through 5.02 and 6.0 through 6.0.6) could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information from an error message that could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 143796.

The bug was discovered 11/02/2018. The weakness was published 11/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-1606 since 12/13/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/04/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 entry is available at VDB-126485. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Testing Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
• Rational DOORS Next Generation
• Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager
• Rational Quality Manager
• Rational Rhapsody Design Manager
• Rational Software Architect Design Manager
• Rational Team Concert

Version

• 5.02
• 6.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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