Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j may affect Cúram Social Program Management (CVE-2020-9488)

Summary

IBM Cúram Social Program Management uses the Apache Log4j libraries, for which there is a publicly known vulnerability. For this vulnerability, Apache Log4j is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper certificate validation with host mismatch in the SMTP appender.

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

Remediation/Fixes

8.0.1

| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 8.0.1 or a subsequent 8.0.1 release.
Cúram SPM|

7.0.11

| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 7.0.11_iFix6 or a subsequent 7.0.11 release.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For information about all other versions, contact IBM Cúram Social Program Management customer support.