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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services is vulnerable to remote attacker due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44832)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker with permission to modify the logging configuration file to execute arbitrary code on the system. By constructing a malicious configuration using a JDBC Appender with a data source referencing a JNDI URI , an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute remote code.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-44832
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker with permission to modify the logging configuration file to execute arbitrary code on the system. By constructing a malicious configuration using a JDBC Appender with a data source referencing a JNDI URI , an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute remote code.
CVSS Base score: 6.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216189 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Sterling Connect Direct Web Services1.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.1.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.2.0
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services6.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)Version(s)Remediation
Sterling Connect Direct Web Services1.0Apply 6.0.0.7, available  on Fix Central
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services6.0Apply 6.0.0.7, available  on Fix Central
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services6.1Apply 6.1.0.10, available  on Fix Central
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services6.2Apply 6.2.0.4, available  on Fix Central

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

24 Feb 2022: 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:
01 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
24 February 2022

UID

ibm16560418

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