Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j may affect Cúram Social Program Management (CVE-2019-17571)

Summary

IBM Cúram Social Program Management uses the Apache Log4j libraries, for which there is a publicly known vulnerability. For this vulnerability, Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServer.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-17571
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper deserialization of untrusted data in SocketServer. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/173314 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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.