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Security Bulletin: Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to denial of service due to Apache Log4j CVE-2021-45046

Security Bulletin


Summary

Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for integration is vulnerable to CVE-2021-45046 with details below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-45046
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Log4j could result in remote code execution, caused by an incomplete fix of CVE-2021-44228 in certain non-default configurations. When the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with a Context Lookup, an attacker with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data can craft malicious input data using a JNDI Lookup pattern to leak sensitive information and remote code execution in some environments and local code execution in all environments.
CVSS Base score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215195 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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

Automation Assets version 2021.2.1 or 2021.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Automation Assets to 2021.4.1-2 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

18 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:
27 February 2023

UID

ibm16536726