Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Apache Log4j.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-9488
DESCRIPTION: Apache Log4j is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper certificate validation with host mismatch in the SMTP appender. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to obtain sensitive information or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180824 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| ICP - Discovery | 2.0.0-2.1.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.2.0
https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
02 Nov 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:
08 December 2020
UID
ibm16364963