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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects IBM Analytical Decision Management (CVE-2021-4104)

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Summary

There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library which is used by IBM Analytical Decision Management 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)
IBM Analytical Decision Management18.0

Remediation/Fixes

None

Workarounds and Mitigations

Product VRMFWorkarounds
IBM Analytical Decision Management18.0.0.018.0.0.0

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Change History

10 Mar 2022: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 March 2022

UID

ibm16562871