Security Bulletin: Rational Test Control Panel component in Rational Test Workbench and Rational Test Virtualization Server affected by Apache Tomcat vulnerablity (CVE-2013-4444)

Summary

Apache Tomcat is vulnerable affecting the Rational Test Control Panel component in IBM Rational Test Workbench and Rational Test Virtualization Server.

Vulnerability Details

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CVE ID: CVE-2013-4444

Description: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.40, in certain situations involving outdated java.io.File code and a custom JMX configuration, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading and accessing a JSP file.

CVSS Base Score: 6 **CVSS Temporal Score:**See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95876&gt; for the current score *CVSS Environmental Score:**Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Test Control Panel component in Rational Test Virtualization Server and Rational Test Workbench versions:

• All 8.0.x
• All 8.5.0.x

Versions 8.5.1 and later are unaffected as they do not use Apache Tomcat.

Remediation/Fixes

The fixes for the CVE(s) mentioned above have been incorporated into the 7.0.54 release of Apache Tomcat.

Upgrade your installation as follows:

1. Download one of the following fixes from Fix Central:

• Rational Test Workbench: 7.0.54-Rational-RTW-Tomcat-zip

• Rational Test Virtualization Server: 7.0.54-Rational-RTVS-Tomcat-zip

• Unzip the download to a directory.

• Stop the server.

• In the existing RTCP installation, save the files logging.properties and server.xml to a separate location. The default installation locations for these files are:

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalTestControlPanel\conf\
  • AIX, Linux, Solaris: `/opt/IBM/RationalTestControlPanel/conf/

`

• Copy the contents of the unzipped Tomcat directory (except for the LICENSE file) into the RationalTestControlPanel directory, overwriting the existing files.

• Copy the two configuration files you saved earlier back into the confdirectory.

• Start the server.

Notes:

• When updating an installation to a later version of Rational Test Control Panel, the security fix detailed above will have to be re-applied after the RTCP update.
• When removing an installation that has had the security fix applied, not all the files will be removed by IBM Installation Manager, and some files will have to be removed manually.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None