Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44832)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library. The library is used by IBM Event Streams.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-44832
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker with permission to modify the logging configuration file to execute arbitrary code on the system. By constructing a malicious configuration using a JDBC Appender with a data source referencing a JNDI URI , an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute remote code.
CVSS Base score: 6.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216189 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading

IBM Event Streams (Continuous Delivery)

• Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 10.5.0 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.

IBM Event Streams (Extended Update Support)

• Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 10.2.1 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None