Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability in Eclipse Jetty used by Rational Functional Tester (RFT) versions 9.1.1.1, 9.2.1.1 and 9.5.0.0. RFT has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
Rational Functional Tester has addressed the following vulnerability:
CVEID: CVE-2018-12545
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the additional CPU and memory allocations required to handle changed settings. By sending either large SETTINGs frames container containing many settings, or many small SETTINGs frames, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161491 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Remediation/Fixes
Apply the correct fix pack or iFix for your version of the Rational Functional Tester :
| Product | Version | APAR | Remediation/ First Fix |
| RFT | 9.1.1.1 | None | Download iFix and apply it. |
| RFT | 9.2.1.1 | None | Download iFix and apply it. |
| RFT | 9.5.0.0 | None | Download iFix and apply it. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
05 August 2019: Original version published
*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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Internal Use Only
PSIRT Advisory 16538, Record 137751;
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 September 2019
UID
ibm10964602