Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises affected by multiple vulnerabilites including OpenSSL, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery (CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2021-38868, CVE-2021-29799, CVE-2021-29790, CVE-2021-29788) which allowed an attacker or an unauthenticated user to execute malicious and unauthorized actions to obtain sensitive information. The fix also includes updated Node version 12.22.12.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-29790
DESCRIPTION: IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203440 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-38868
DESCRIPTION: IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-29799
DESCRIPTION: IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information due to improper client side validation.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203738 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-29788
DESCRIPTION: IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-0778
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the BN_mod_sqrt() function when parsing certificates. By using a specially-crafted certificate with invalid explicit curve parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221911 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises | All |
Remediation/Fixes
For all the IBM Engineering Quality Assistant On-Premises versions please go and follow the steps mentioned for Upgrading RQA to apply the remediation.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
07 Jul 2022: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 July 2022
UID
ibm16604005