CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2922

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Aug 13, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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IBM Rational ClearQuest 8.0 through 8.0.1.9 and 9.0 through 9.0.1.3 (CQ OSLC linkages, EmailRelay) fails to check the SSL certificate against the requested hostname. It is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack with an impersonating server observing all the data transmitted to the real server. IBM X-Force ID: 113353.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Rational_clearquestIbm8.0.0.0 (including)8.0.0.21 (including)
Rational_clearquestIbm8.0.1.0 (including)8.0.1.17 (including)
Rational_clearquestIbm9.0.0.0 (including)9.0.0.6 (including)
Rational_clearquestIbm9.0.1.0 (including)9.0.1.3 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References