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Security Bulletin: Due to use of Apache Storm IBM Tivoli Network Manager is vulnerable to arbiraty code execution ( CVE-2021-38294, CVE-2021-40865 )

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Summary

Apache Storm is used by IBM Tivoli Network Manager ( ITNM ) within Pollar and Reporting. Apache Strom has been upgraded to 2.2.1

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-38294
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Storm could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a command injection flaw in the getTopologyHistory RPC method. By sending a specially-crafted thrift request to the Nimbus service component, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code as the user on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211839 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-40865
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Storm could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the worker services. By sending specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211840 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
ITNM4.2 To 4.2.0.13

Remediation/Fixes

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation
ITNM4.2 To 4.2.0.13This issue has been fixed in ITNM4.2 Fix Pack 14(i.e. 4.2.0.14) available from fix central.

ITNM Full builds

4.2.0-TIV-ITNMIP-Linux-FP0014

4.2.0-TIV-ITNMIP-zLinux-FP0014

4.2.0-TIV-ITNMIP-AIX-FP0014



Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

20 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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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2022

UID

ibm16572281