Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Diffie-Hellman ciphers affects IBM Rational RequisitePro (CVE-2015-4000)

Summary

The Logjam Attack on TLS connections using the Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange protocol affects IBM Rational RequisitePro.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4000**
DESCRIPTION:** The TLS protocol could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly convey a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite choice. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to force a downgrade to 512-bit export-grade cipher. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to recover the session key as well as modify the contents of the traffic. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as “Logjam”.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103294 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Rational RequisitePro, versions 7.1.0.x, 7.1.1.x, 7.1.2.x, 7.1.3.x, 7.1.4.x, in the following components:

• Customer defined uses of SSL from ratlperl scripts.

Remediation/Fixes

All fixes listed below require the latest published fix pack before applying the rest of the fix.

Affected Versions

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** Prerequisite before applying the fix**

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7.1.4 through 7.1.4.7

| Install Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 8 (7.1.4.8) for 7.1.4

7.1.3 through 7.1.3.14

| Install Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 15 (7.1.3.15) for 7.1.3

7.1.2.x (all fix packs)
7.1.1.x (all fix packs)
7.1.0.x (all fix packs)

| Install Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 18 (7.1.2.18) for 7.1.2. **Note:**7.1.2.18 interoperates with all 7.1.x.x systems, and can be installed in the same way as 7.1.x.x fix packs.

The solution is to update to the fix pack listed above, then contact Rational Customer Support for a test fix with additional fixes for this issue.

You should verify applying this configuration change does not cause any compatibility issues. If you change the default setting after applying the fix, you will expose yourself to the attack described above. IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify other areas where you have enabled the Diffie-Hellman key-exchange protocol used in TLS and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions.