IBM Jazz Foundation up to 5.x/6.0.6 HTTP Header input validation

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in IBM Jazz Foundation up to 5.x/6.0.6. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Header Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1658. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Jazz Foundation up to 5.x/6.0.6 (Programming Tool Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component HTTP Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Jazz Foundation (IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 through 6.0.6) is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 144884.

The bug was discovered 03/08/2019. The weakness was presented 03/14/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1658 since 12/13/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 08/01/2023). 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 6 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-131769, VDB-131784 and VDB-131786 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Programming Tool Software

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• IBM

Name

• Jazz Foundation

Version

• 5.x
• 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

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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