What is CVE-2016-2922?

CVE-2016-2922 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Clearquest, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2922?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Rational Clearquest

CVE-2016-2922

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.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.007 (48.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Rational Clearquest — versions 8.0.0.17, 8.0.1.8, 8.0.1.2
Ibm Rational_clearquest

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2922?: CVE-2016-2922 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Clearquest, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2922?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.