Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j addressed in IBM Spectrum Conductor

Summary

Log4j is used by IBM Spectrum Conductor for generating logs in some of its components. This bulletin provides patches for the Log4Shell vulnaribility (CVE-2021-44228) to IBM Spectrum Conductor.

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

sc-2.4.1-build600955

IBM Spectrum Conductor| 2.5.0| P104513|

sc-2.5-build600954

IBM Spectrum Conductor| 2.5.1| P104512|

sc-2.5.1-build600953

Workarounds and Mitigations

None