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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2021-44228) bundled with Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights

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Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped with IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises. Vulnerabilities have been identified in Apache Log4j which affect WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2021-44228). The recommended solution is to manually upgrade to the appropriate WebSphere Application Server Interim Fix on IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality and Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises installations.

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 Maximo APM - Predictive Maintenance Insights On-Premises1.0.3
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality1.0.x
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality2.0.x
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality2.5.x

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the interim fix as soon as possible.

Consult the following WebSphere Application Server security bulletin for the vulnerability details and information about the fix for WebSphere Application Server v8.5 and v9.0:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/security-bulletin-vulnerability-apache-log4j-affects-websphere-application-server-cve-2021-44228

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

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

 
 

 

Change History

14 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:
14 January 2022

Initial Publish date:
14 December 2021

UID

ibm16541050

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