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Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact is vulnerable to arbitrary code exection due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2022-23307)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact which includes the ActiveMQ package is vulnerable to arbitrary code exection due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2022-23307) . This has been addressed by updating ActiveMQ to version 5.16.4 which removes Apache Log4j v1 from ActiveMQ.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-23307
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the in Apache Chainsaw component. By sending specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217462 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact7.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.07.1.0.25IJ37697Upgrade to IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP25

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

07 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:
12 April 2022

Initial Publish date:
07 March 2022

UID

ibm16571205