PT-2018-13398 · Ibm · Ibm Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

Published 2018-09-25 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1607

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager versions 5.0 through 5.02 IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager versions 6.0 through 6.0.6

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to exploit the vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources through a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.

Recommendations For versions 5.0 through 5.02, update to a version outside of this range to mitigate the risk. For versions 6.0 through 6.0.6, update to a version outside of this range to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of XML data to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1607

Affected Products

Ibm Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

References · 4

• https://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1607 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1607 · Security Note