IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Session Cookie 7pk security

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert and Rational DOORS Next Generation. This impacts an unknown function of the component Session Cookie Handler. The manipulation leads to 7pk security. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-0372. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert and Rational DOORS Next Generation (Testing Software) (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Session Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 3.0.1.6 before iFix8, 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Quality Manager 3.0.1.6 before iFix8, 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Team Concert 3.0.1.6 before iFix8, 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; Rational Rhapsody Design Manager 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5; and Rational Software Architect Design Manager 4.0 before 4.0.7 iFix11, 5.0 before 5.0.2 iFix18, and 6.0 before 6.0.2 iFix5 do not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session.

The bug was discovered 10/03/2016. The weakness was presented 11/24/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-0372 since 12/08/2015. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 52 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94541†). See VDB-93767, VDB-93769, VDB-93770 and VDB-93771 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Testing Software

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• IBM

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• Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
• Rational DOORS Next Generation
• Rational Quality Manager
• Rational Team Concert

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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