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Security Bulletin: Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Virtual Disk Service (VDS) is affected by a vulnerability in Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-4104)

Created by Amit Rubinfeld on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6536886
6536886

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability was identified within the Apache Log4j library that is used by IBM Storage Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Virtual Disk Service (VDS) for IBM Spectrum Virtualize family and IBM DS8000 family storage systems. This vulnerability has been addressed.

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)
IBM Storage Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service lower than 4.18.0

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Storage Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service 4.18.0.

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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

*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 December 2021

UID

ibm16536886

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