Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities from log4j affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2019-17571, CVE-2020-9488)

Security Bulletin

Summary

log4j is vulnerable to improper validation of certificate and deserialization of untrusted data. These vulnerabilities are in Apache Zookeeper, Apache Solr and Log Analysis.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-17571
DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServer. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/173314 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2020-9488
DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper certificate validation with host mismatch in the SMTP appender. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to obtain sensitive information or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180824 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
Log Analysis	1.3.x

Remediation/Fixes

Version	Fix details
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.x	Upgrade to Log Analysis version 1.3.7 Fix Pack 2 Download the 1.3.7-TIV-IOALA-FP2

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

01 Jul 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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities from log4j affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2019-17571, CVE-2020-9488)