Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j may affect IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary

A vulnerability in Apache Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) has been identified that may affect IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Several components of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data use Log4j to log diagnostic data unrelated to customer input. The fix below includes Log4j 2.15.

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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest (v4.0.4) release of IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

v4.0.4 For Text to Speech:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=services-watson-text-speech&gt;

v4.0.4 For Speech to Text:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=services-watson-speech-text&gt;

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

| 1.2.0 -1.2.1 (Cloud Pak 3.5) |

None available. Please install v4.0.4

Workarounds and Mitigations

None