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Security Bulletin: IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights impacted by Apache Log4j vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-4104)

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Summary

IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights is affected by the Apache Log4j vulnerability in the JMSAppender in Log4j 1.2 allowing deserialization of untrusted data when the attacker has write access to the Log4j configuration.

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 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 iFix6. downloaded tarball.

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

ibm16828741