PT-2008-6451 · Ibm · Ibm Rational Clearquest

Published 2008-12-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5327

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Rational ClearQuest versions prior to 7.1

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information. This is due to the ClearQuest Maintenance Tool storing the database password in cleartext in an object within a ClearQuest connection profile or export file, which can be located by accessing the object tree.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.1, update to version 7.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5327

Affected Products

Ibm Rational Clearquest

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5327 · Security Note
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK65908 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32847 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46995 · Note