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Security Bulletin: IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data has addressed Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library used by IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. This affects the IBM OpenPages logging framework. This vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) has been addressed. Customers are encouraged to take action and upgrade.

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

IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 8.204.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

If you are using IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 8.204.0, you will need to upgrade to

1. IBM Cloud Pak for Data Refresh 4 of Version 4.0

2. IBM OpenPages for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 8.204.1

Upgrade installation instructions are provided at the URL listed below:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=openpages-upgrading

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

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Acknowledgement

Change History

19 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:
21 December 2021

Initial Publish date:
19 December 2021

UID

ibm16529314

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