Security Bulletin: Rational Integration Tester component in Rational Test Workbench affected by Netty vulnerability (CVE-2014-3488)

Summary

The Netty library is vulnerable affecting the Rational Integration Tester component in IBM Rational Test Workbench.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2014-3488

Description: Netty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in SslHandler. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted SSLv2Hello message to exhaust all available CPU resources and cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.

CVSS Base Score: 5.0 **CVSS Temporal Score:**See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95285&gt; for the current score *CVSS Environmental Score:**Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Integration Tester component in Rational Test Workbench versions:

• 8.0 - 8.0.0.3
• 8.0.1 - 8.0.1.4
• 8.5 - 8.5.0.2
• 8.5.1 - 8.5.1.3
• 8.6 - 8.6.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

The fixes for the CVE(s) mentioned above have been incorporated into the 3.9.5 release of the Netty library, and included in a set of new fixpacks available from IBM.

Upgrade your installation as follows:

Visit IBM Fix Central to search for, download and apply the following fixpacks for your version of product:

• All 8.0.0.x -> 8.0.0.4 * All 8.0.1.x ->8.0.1.5 * All 8.5.0.x ->8.5.0.3 * All 8.5.1.x ->8.5.1.4 * All 8.6.0.x ->8.6.0.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None