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Security Bulletin: IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights impacted by Apache Log4j vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44832)

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Summary

IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights is affected by the Apache Log4j vulnerability in the Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-beta7 through 2.17.0 (excluding security fix releases 2.3.2 and 2.12.4) allowing a remote code execution (RCE) attack when a configuration uses a JDBC Appender with a JNDI LDAP data source URI when an attacker has control of the target LDAP server.

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)
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.3
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.5
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.6

Remediation/Fixes

Please use the instructions and full details from the README that’s in the IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights iFix6 tarball, and follow with the upgrade to IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insight iFix6.

The IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights iFix6 tarball is available here

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

10 Oct 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 October 2022

Initial Publish date:
10 October 2022

UID

ibm16828737