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CVE-2017-1700

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2018-04-24
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 6.0.5 or later.
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71/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
IBM Jazz Team Server affecting the following IBM Rational Products: Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG), Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager (RELM), Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Rational Rhapsody Design Manager (Rhapsody DM), and Rational Software Architect (RSA DM) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to incorrect authorization for resource intensive scenarios. IBM X-Force ID: 134392.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

IBM Jazz Team Server contains an incorrect authorization check that allows authenticated users to trigger resource-intensive operations, potentially causing denial of service. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted requests that consume excessive server resources.

MitigationApply the appropriate IBM Jazz Team Server patches or updates for all affected Rational products. Review and enforce proper authorization policies for resource-intensive operations in the Jazz platform configuration.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Rational Collaborative Lifecycle ManagementApplication
Affected:> 5.0, <= 6.0.5
Rational Doors Next GenerationApplication
Affected:>= 5.0, <= 5.0.2>= 6.0, <= 6.0.5
Rational Engineering Lifecycle ManagerApplication
Affected:>= 5.0, <= 5.0.2>= 6.0, <= 6.0.5
Rational Quality ManagerApplication
Affected:>= 5.0, <= 5.0.2>= 6.0, <= 6.0.5
Rational Rhapsody Design ManagerApplication
Affected:>= 5.0, <= 5.0.2>= 6.0, <= 6.0.5
Rational Software Architect Design ManagerApplication
Affected:>= 5.0, <= 5.0.2>= 6.0, <= 6.0.1
Rational Team ConcertApplication
Affected:>= 5.0, <= 5.0.2>= 6.0, <= 6.0.5

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the IBM Rational product
    Check which IBM Rational application is running on your Jazz Team Server. This can be done via the Jazz administrative console at https://<server>/jts/admin, or by checking the installed applications list in the Jazz Hub.
    Affected if The product is one of: Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Rational Doors Next Generation, Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, Rational Software Architect Design Manager, or Rational Team Concert.
  2. Determine the product version
    Access the About section in the Jazz web UI (typically via the help menu or /jts/about), or check the version information in the installation directory's about.html file. For command-line, check the installation directory for a version.info or similar version file.
    Affected if The installed version falls within the affected ranges: >5.0 to <=6.0.5 for CLM; 5.0 to 5.0.2 or 6.0 to 6.0.5 for most products; or 6.0 to 6.0.1 for Rational Software Architect Design Manager.
  3. Confirm Jazz Team Server component version
    The vulnerability exists in the Jazz Team Server component. Check the Jazz Team Server version by accessing https://<server>/jts/admin and viewing the server information, or by examining the jts.war or server version details in the installation.
    Affected if The Jazz Team Server version matches the same affected version ranges as the Rational products.
  4. Verify user authentication is enabled
    Check the Jazz Team Server security configuration at https://<server>/jts/admin#security to confirm that user authentication (Jazz Authorization Server) is configured and active.
    Affected if Authentication is enabled and users can log in, which is required for this vulnerability to be exploitable.

Your environment is affected if you are running any of the listed IBM Rational products (or Jazz Team Server) within versions 5.0.x through 6.0.5 (or 6.0.1 for RSA Design Manager) with user authentication enabled.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 6.0.5
Interim mitigation

Apply the appropriate IBM Jazz Team Server patches or updates for all affected Rational products. Review and enforce proper authorization policies for resource-intensive operations in the Jazz platform configuration.

Fix this in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
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