Security Bulletin
Summary
The DS8000 Hardware Managment Console leverages Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228, which is subject to a vulnerability and may allow remote attackers to execute local code on the system.
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) |
R9.1 | 89.1x.0.0 |
R9.2 | 89.2x.0.0 |
R8.5 | 88.5x.x.x |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
All versions of the DS89000F and DS8880 are potentially impacted. Customers should either schedule Remote Code Load (RCL) via https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-remote-code-load or contact IBM support, and request that ICS CVE_2021_44228_v1.0 or CVE_2021_44228_v1.1 be applied to their systems
DS8900F systems at release 9.0 are impacted and must upgrade to R9.1 or above
- DS8900F systems below R9.1 SP 2 (89.12.8.0) must update to at least 89.12.8.0, and preferably to at least the recommend release (89.13.7.0 or 89.21.28.) before applying the ICS which updates the Log4j package to v2.17.0.
- DS8880 systems below R8.5 GA2 - (88.50.184.0) must update to at least 88.50.184.0 and preferably to at least the recommended release (88.58.3.0) before applying the ICS which updates the Log4j package to v2.17.0.
For the current recommended code releases, please see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ds8000-code-recommendation
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
16 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:
24 May 2022
UID
ibm16528280