Security Bulletin: An Eclipse Jetty vulnerability affects IBM Rational Functional Tester

Summary

IBM Rational Functional Tester is affected by an Eclipse Jetty vulnerability that can allow a local authenticated user to gain elevated privileges on the system. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated user could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-27216
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Jetty could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition in the creation of the temporary subdirectory. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190474 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrading to IBM Rational Functional Tester version 10.1.2 is strongly recommended.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None