Security Bulletin: Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to denial of service due to Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44832)

Summary

Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is vulnerable to CVE-2021-44832 with details below.

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

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

Upgrade Automation Assets to 2021.4.1-2 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