Security Bulletin: IBM Insurance Information Warehouse is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library used by IBM Insurance Information Warehouse. This affects the Industry Models - Glossary Tools optional component. The fix includes Apache Log4j v2.15.

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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by executing these steps:

1. Delete any existing versions of the file GlossaryTools-1.5.zip and all associated extracted files

2. Download and extract the file, GlossaryTools-1.5.1.zip located at <https://github.com/IBM-IndustryModels/Tooling-As-Is/tree/master/igc/GlossaryTools&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None