Security Bulletin: IBM MegaRAID Storage Manager is affected by a vulnerability in Log4j (CVE-2021-4104)

Summary

The following vulnerability in Log4j has been addressed by IBM MegaRAID Storage Manager. This fix includes the removal of Log4j.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-4104
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the deserialization of untrusted data when the attacker has write access to the Log4j configuration. If the deployed application is configured to use JMSAppender, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215048 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

MegaRAID Storage Manager

(ibm_utl_msm_17.05.06.00_windows_32-64)

| 17.05.06.00

Workarounds and Mitigations

None