Security Bulletin: There are multiple vulnerabilites that affect IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises (CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2021-38868, CVE-2021-29799, CVE-2021-29790, CVE-2021-29788)

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

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