Security Bulletin: IBM Global Mailbox is vulnerable to remote code execution due to Apache Cassandra (CVE-2021-44521)

Summary

IBM Global Mailbox has addressed a remote code execution in Apache Cassandra.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-44521
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Cassandra could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw when include configurations for enable_user_defined_functions: true, enable_scripted_user_defined_functions: true, and enable_user_defined_functions_threads: flase. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219451 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by Apache Zookeeper which is/are shipped with Global Mailbox.

Product and Version(s)

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Version

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Remediation

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IBM Sterling Global Mailbox

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6.0, 6.1

| Apply fix pack 6.1.2.1.

Fix Central Images

Sterling B2B Integrator

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+B2B+Integrator&release=6.1.2.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.1.2.1-OtherSoftware-B2Bi-All+&includeSupersedes=0

Sterling File Gateway

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+File+Gateway&release=6.1.2.0&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.1.2.1-OtherSoftware-SFG-All+&includeSupersedes=0

Certified Container

Certified Container edition images and Helm charts are now available for download from IBM Entitled Registry (ER) and IBM public chart repository, respectively.

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator V6.1.2.1

• Certified Container Image: cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-b2bi/b2bi:6.1.2.1
• Helm Chart: <https://github.com/IBM/charts/blob/master/repo/ibm-helm/ibm-b2bi-prod-2.1.1.tgz&gt;

IBM Sterling File Gateway V6.1.2.1

• Certified Container Image: cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-sfg/sfg:6.1.2.1
• Helm Chart: <https://github.com/IBM/charts/blob/master/repo/ibm-helm/ibm-sfg-prod-2.1.1.tgz&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None