Security Bulletin
Summary
No action is required for Tasktop Viz or Tasktop Sync or IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Integration Adapters Tasktop Edition as they were not impacted by this vulnerability. Sync or IBM LIA is using Log4J 1.2.15, which is very old and not subject to the Log4J vulnerability. The vulnerability was found in 2.15, but Sync is using 1.2.15
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
None
Remediation/Fixes
None
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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Acknowledgement
Change History
No action is required for Tasktop Viz or Tasktop Sync/IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Integration Adapters Tasktop Edition as they were not impacted by this vulnerability.
*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:
04 January 2022
UID
ibm16527188