Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j addressed in IBM Spectrum Symphony

Security Bulletin

Summary

Log4j is used by IBM Spectrum Symphony for generating logs in some of its components. This bulletin provides patches for the Log4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) to IBM Spectrum Symphony.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-44228
DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints by JNDI features. By sending a specially crafted code string, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to load arbitrary Java code on the server and take complete control of the system. Note: The vulnerability is also called Log4Shell or LogJam.
CVSS Base score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214921 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.2.0.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.2.1, 7.2.1.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.2

Remediation/Fixes

Products	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.2.0.2	P104504 P104509 P104522 P104521	sym-7.2.0.2-build600934 sym-7.2.0.2-build600939 sym-7.2.0.2-build600941 sym-7.2.0.2-build600944
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.2.1/7.2.1.1	P104505 P104510 P104524 P104523	sym-7.2.1-build600935 sym-7.2.1-build600940 sym-7.2.1-build600942 sym-7.2.1-build600945
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3	P104506 P104508	sym-7.3-build600936 sym-7.3-build600943
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.1	P104507	sym-7.3.1-build600937
IBM Spectrum Symphony	7.3.2	P104511	sym-7.3.2-build600938

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

13 Dec 2021: 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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j addressed in IBM Spectrum Symphony