Security Bulletin: XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in ClearCase (CVE-2014-0931)

Summary

IBM Rational ClearCase is vulnerable to XML external entity attacks. These attacks could cause denial of service or be used to attack other servers accessible from a client or server.

Vulnerability Details

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CVE ID:CVE-2014-0931

**Description:**IBM Rational ClearCase is vulnerable to XML external entity attacks. A malicious server could provoke a client to access other servers. A malicious client could cause denial of service on a server, or cause the server to access other servers.

The vulnerable components are:

• CCRC WAN Server / CM Server
• Perl CC/CQ integration trigger scripts (clients)
• CMAPI Java interface (clients)
• ClearCase remote client
• CMI and OSLC-based ClearQuest integrations (clients)

CVSS Base Score: 5.8 CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92263&gt; for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

ClearCase version

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Status

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8.0.1 through 8.0.1.3

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Affected

8.0 through 8.0.0.10

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Affected

7.1.2 through 7.1.2.13

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Affected

7.1.0.x, 7.1.1.x (all versions and fix packs)

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Affected

7.0.x

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Not affected

Remediation/Fixes

The solution is to upgrade to a newer fix pack of ClearCase.

Affected Versions

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** Applying the fix**

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8.0.1.x

| Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 4 (8.0.1.4) for 8.0.1

8.0.0.x

| Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 11 (8.0.0.11) for 8.0

7.1.2.x

| Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 14 (7.1.2.14) for 7.1.2

7.1.1.x
7.1.0.x

| Install Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 14 (7.1.2.14) for 7.1.2

• Note: 7.1.2.14 inter-operates with all 7.1.1.x systems, and can be installed in the same way as 7.1.1.x fix packs.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Disable the Perl trigger based ClearCase/ClearQuest integration until you apply the fixes to clients. Disable the CMI and OSLC-based CQ integrations until you apply the fixes to clients.

Disable CCRC WAN server until you apply the fixes to servers.