Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability in the version of Log4j that is part of IBM SPSS Statistics. IBM SPSS Statistics has addressed this vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-4104
DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the deserialization of untrusted data when the attacker has write access to the Log4j configuration. If the deployed application is configured to use JMSAppender, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215048 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| SPSS Statistics | 27.0.1 |
| SPSS Statistics | 26.0 |
| SPSS Statistics | 25.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Fixes |
| SPSS Statistics | 27.0.1 | Statistics 27.0.1-IF019 |
| SPSS Statistics | 26.0 | Statistics 26.0.0.1-IF013 |
| SPSS Statistics | 25.0 | Statistics 25.0.0.2-IF013 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
17 Dec 2021: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 December 2021
Initial Publish date:
17 December 2021
UID
ibm16527952