Security Bulletin: Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to log4j (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in Apache Log4j. Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for integration utilizes Log4j (CVE-2021-44228).

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 upgrading.

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

Upgrade Automation Assets to 2021.4.1-1 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