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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services (CVE-2021-4104)

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Summary

There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library which is used by SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services for logging of messages and traces. This issue 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)
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.2
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.1
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.1.1
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.1
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.0
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services7.0.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

The fix includes Apache Log4j 2.17.1.

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.2.08.2.2.0
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.1.08.2.1.0
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.2.0.08.2.0.0
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.1.1.08.1.1.0
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.1.0.08.1.0.0

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

Product VRMFWorkarounds
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.1.1.08.1.1.0 deployed on WebLogic
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.1.0.08.1.0.0 deployed on Weblogic
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services8.0.0.08.0.0.0
SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services7.0.0.17.0.0.1

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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

11 Mar 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:
10 March 2022

UID

ibm16562867

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