Security Bulletin: Rational Test Workbench bundles Rational Performance Tester which is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Rational Test Workbench (RTW) bundles Rational Performance Tester (RPT). The Apache Log4j vulnerability impacts RPT Apache JMeter™ Test Extension. This bulletin addresses the vulnerability by removing Apache Log4j.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-44228
DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints by JNDI features. By sending a specially crafted code string, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to load arbitrary Java code on the server and take complete control of the system. Note: The vulnerability is also called Log4Shell or LogJam.
CVSS Base score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214921 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
RTW	10.2
RTW	10.1
RTW	10.0
RTW	9.5

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Customers that are using the Apache JMeter Test Extension should upgrade to Rational Performance Tester version 10.2 and use Installation Manager to update to version 10.2.1.1 iFix 01.

Please see the Rational Performance Tester (RPT) Security Bulletin SB0008732 for details: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6538090

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

10 Jan 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 January 2022

Initial Publish date:
10 January 2022

UID

ibm16540956

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Security Bulletin: Rational Test Workbench bundles Rational Performance Tester which is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228)