Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data ships with versions of Apache Log4j vulnerable to serialization gadgets.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-17571
DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServer. By sending a specially-crafted request, 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/173314 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) |
| ICP - Discovery | 2.0.0-2.1.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.1.1
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQNUZ_2.5.0/cpd/svc/watson/discovery-install.html
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
29 Jan 2020: 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:
31 January 2020
UID
ibm11288018