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Security Bulletin: Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to log4j (CVE-2021-44228)

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Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in Apache Log4j. Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for integration utilizes Log4j (CVE-2021-44228).

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)
Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)2021.2.1
2021.4.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.
 
Automation Assets version 2021.2.1 or 2021.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Automation Assets to 2021.4.1-1 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation
 
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

14 Dec 2021: 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:
18 December 2021

UID

ibm16527786