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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j addressed in IBM Spectrum Conductor

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Summary

Log4j is used by IBM Spectrum Conductor for generating logs in some of its components. This bulletin provides patches for the Log4Shell vulnaribility (CVE-2021-44228) to IBM Spectrum Conductor.

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)
IBM Spectrum Conductor2.4.1
IBM Spectrum Conductor2.5.0
IBM Spectrum Conductor2.5.1

Remediation/Fixes

ProductsVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Spectrum Conductor2.4.1P104516

sc-2.4.1-build600955

IBM Spectrum Conductor2.5.0P104513

sc-2.5-build600954

IBM Spectrum Conductor2.5.1P104512

sc-2.5.1-build600953

 

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

14 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:
07 January 2022

UID

ibm16526754

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