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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Verify Governance is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-4104)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Verify Governance (ISVG) is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j CVE-2021-4104. Apache Log4j is used as part of ISVG's logging infrastructure. The fix includes Apache Log4j version 2.17.1.

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 Security Verify Governance10.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to promptly update their systems.

Affected Product(s)

Version(s)

First Fix

IBM Security Verify Governance

10.0.1

10.0.1.0-ISS-ISVG-IGVA-FP0000 

IBM Security Verify Governance

10.0.0

10.0.0.0-ISS-ISVG-IGVA-FP0004 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

12 May 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:
22 August 2022

Initial Publish date:
12 May 2022

UID

ibm16586510