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Security Bulletin: Log4Shell Vulnerability affects IBM SPSS Statistics (CVE-2021-44228)

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Summary

There is a vulnerability in the version of Log4j that is part of IBM SPSS Statistics. IBM SPSS Statistics has addressed this vulnerability.

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)
SPSS Statistics28.0.1
SPSS Statistics27.0.1
SPSS Statistics26.0
SPSS Statistics25.0

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Fixes
SPSS Statistics28.0.1Statistics 28.0.1-IF009
SPSS Statistics27.0.1Statistics 27.0.1-IF023
SPSS Statistics26.0Statistics 26.0.0.1-IF017
SPSS Statistics25.0Statistics 25.0.0.2-IF017

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

13 Dec 2021: Initial Publication
7 Feb 2022: Update IF links

*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:
07 February 2022

UID

ibm16526182

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