IBM Sterling External Authentication Server is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution due to Apache Log4j, which is used for logging (CVE-2021-44832). The fix upgrades all Apache Log4j 1.x to Apache Log4j 2.17.1.
CVEID:CVE-2021-4104
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Log4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the deserialization of untrusted data when the attacker has write access to the Log4j configuration. If the deployed application is configured to use JMSAppender, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215048 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
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IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 6.0.3 |
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 6.0.2 |
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 2.4.3.2 |
Product | VRMF | iFix | Remediation |
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IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 6.0.3 | iFix 01 Plus Build 141 | Fix Central - 6030 |
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 6.0.2 | iFix 04 Plus Build 214 | Fix Central - 6020 |
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 2.4.3.2 | iFix 13 Plus Build 296 | Fix Central - 2432 |
This fix also remediates CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-45105 and CVE-2021-44832. |
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CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
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ibm sterling secure proxy | eq | 6.0.3 | |
ibm sterling secure proxy | eq | 6.0.2 | |
ibm sterling secure proxy | eq | 2.4.3.2 |