Security Bulletin: Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to denial of service due to Apache Log4j CVE-2021-45046

Summary

Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for integration is vulnerable to CVE-2021-45046 with details below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-45046
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Log4j could result in remote code execution, caused by an incomplete fix of CVE-2021-44228 in certain non-default configurations. When the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with a Context Lookup, an attacker with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data can craft malicious input data using a JNDI Lookup pattern to leak sensitive information and remote code execution in some environments and local code execution in all environments.
CVSS Base score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215195 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Automation Assets version 2021.2.1 or 2021.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Automation Assets to 2021.4.1-2 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2021.4?topic=capabilities-upgrading-automation-assets&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None