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Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerability in Apache Log4j Affects IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager (CVE-2021-44228)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Log4j is used by IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager for generating logs in all components and tools. This bulletin provides a remediation for the reported CVE-2021-44228 by upgrading log4j jars to 2.15.0 where fix to Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) vulnerability is addressed.

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)
Partner Engagement Manager standard and essentials

6.1 to 6.1.2.3 and 

6.2 to 6.2.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Fix for the vulnerability

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager Standard 6.1.2.3.2

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FIBM+Sterling+Partner+Engagement+Manager+Software&fixids=IBM_PEM_Standard_6.1.2.3.2&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Other%20software

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager Essentials 6.1.2.3.2  

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FIBM+Sterling+Partner+Engagement+Manager+Software&fixids=IBM_PEM_Essentials_6.1.2.3.2&source=SAR&function=fixId&parent=ibm/Other%20software

 

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager Essentials 6.2.0.1.1

Fix Central Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FIBM+Sterling+Partner+Engagement+Manager+Software&fixids=IBM_PEM_Essentials_6.2.0.1.1&source=SAR

 

IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager Standard 6.2.0.1.1

Fix Central Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FIBM+Sterling+Partner+Engagement+Manager+Software&fixids=IBM_PEM_Standard_6.2.0.1.1&source=SAR

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

12 Dec 2021: 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:
17 December 2021

UID

ibm16527156

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