# CVE-2017-1239: Information disclosure in Rational Quality Manager

> Attackers can obtain sensitive information from HTTP 500 error responses in IBM Quality Manager, potentially aiding further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j2x8-rxqv-6q66

## What is CVE-2017-1239?

CVE-2017-1239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 6 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Quality Manager (RQM) 5.0.x and 6.0 through 6.0.5 could reveal sensitive information in HTTP 500 Internal Server Error responses. IBM X-Force ID: 124357.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1239?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Ibm Rational Quality Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-1239?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1239 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-1239 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

- [CVE-2014-0862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0862/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-1701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1701/): Weak cryptography in Rational Team Concert (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-0326](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0326/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-9707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9707/): XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-7440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7440/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-1239 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-1239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 6 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1239/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1239/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1239
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1239
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1239

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