Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Software - September 2021

Summary

Vulnerabilities detected in Node.js versions before v14.16.2 affects IBM Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Software.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-37712
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js tar module could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an arbitrary file creation/overwrite vulnerability. By creating a directory, and then replacing that directory with a symlink that had a different apparent name that resolved to the same entry in the filesystem, an attacker could use an untrusted tar file to symlink into an arbitrary location and extract arbitrary files into that location to create or overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208450 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Software

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9.6

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Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Software

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9.7

Remediation/Fixes

Available at Fix Central

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FRational%2FIBM+Rational+Application+Developer+for+WebSphere+Software&fixids=Rational-RAD-PH40823Nodejs-ifix&source=SAR

Workarounds and Mitigations

None