Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects IBM Data Studio Client (CVE-2021-4104)

Summary

Apache Log4j open source library is used by IBM Data Studio Client. This bulletin describes the upgrades necessary to address the vulnerability.

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

Product

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VRM

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Remediation

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IBM Data Studio Client

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4.1.x

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Upgrade to: IBM Data Studio Client 4.1.4 APAR1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None