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Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Application Suite is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Apache log4j 2 library is used by IBM Maximo Application Suite internal components. This bulletin provides remediation for the Apache log4j 2 vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) by applying a new Maximo Application suite fixpack. The fix includes Apache Log4j2 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 Maximo Application Suite8.5
IBM Maximo Application Suite8.6

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Affected Version(s)
Remediation / Fix and Instructions
8.5

Fixcentral IBM Maximo Application Suite 8.5.2

- https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=ibm%7ETivoli&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Maximo+Application+Suite&release=8.5.1&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=8.5.2-IBM-MAS-FP0001&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0&downloadMethod=http

8.6

Fixcentral Maximo Application Suite 8.6.1

- https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=ibm%7ETivoli&product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+Maximo+Application+Suite&release=8.6.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=8.6.1-IBM-MAS-FP0001&includeRequisites=1&includeSupersedes=0&downloadMethod=http





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

13 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:
23 February 2022

Initial Publish date:
13 December 2021

UID

ibm16558944

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