Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) affects Power HMC

Summary

Log4j is used by IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) for logging system/application events for diagnostics. This bulletin provides a remediation for the vulnerability, CVE-2021-44228 by upgrading IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) respective PTF and thus addressing the exposure to the log4j vulnerability.

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

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V9.2.952.0 ppc

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MB04313

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MH01913

Power HMC

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V9.2.952.0 x86

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MB04312

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MH01912

Power HMC

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V10.1.1010.0 ppc

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MB04315

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MF69263

Power HMC

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V10.1.1010.0 x86

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MB04314

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MF69262

Workarounds and Mitigations

None