Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j may affect IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2021-4104)

Security Bulletin

Summary

A vulnerability in Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-4104) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Several components of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data use Log4j to log diagnostic data unrelated to customer input. The fix below includes Log4j 2.17.

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 Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.0.0 - 4.0.4
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	1.2.0 -1.2.1 (Cloud Pak 3.5)

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Products	Versions	Fixes
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	4.0.0 - 4.0.4	v4.0.5 For Text to Speech: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=services-watson-text-speech v4.0.5 For Speech to Text: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=services-watson-speech-text
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data	1.2.0 -1.2.1 (Cloud Pak 3.5)	None available. Please install v4.0.5

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

25 Jan 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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j may affect IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2021-4104)