PT-2018-13053 · Ibm · Ibm Rational Quality Manager

Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-1549

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Rational Quality Manager versions 5.0 through 5.0.2 IBM Rational Quality Manager versions 6.0 through 6.0.5

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to exploit the system using specially-crafted URLs, leading to HTTP response splitting attacks. Once the URL is clicked, the server returns a split response, enabling the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning, cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.

Recommendations For IBM Rational Quality Manager versions 5.0 through 5.0.2, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For IBM Rational Quality Manager versions 6.0 through 6.0.5, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to specially-crafted URLs to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1549

Affected Products

Ibm Rational Quality Manager

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1549 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716607 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1549 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142658 · Note