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Security Bulletin: Apache Log4j vulnerability impacts IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2021-44228)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) and is used for logging. Customers are encouraged to take quick action to update their systems to Apache Log4j 2.15.0.

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)
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data

4.0 (all previous refreshes)

3.5.7 and previous refreshes

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Install Watson Knowledge Catalog 4.0.4 (Refresh 4) or above: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=new-watson-knowledge-catalog

Install Watson Knowledge Catalog 3.5.8 (Refresh 11) or above: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/3.5.0?topic=new-watson-knowledge-catalog 

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

Acknowledgement

Change History

23 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
21 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
23 December 2021

UID

ibm16537024

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