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Intel® Product Advisory for Apache Log4j2 Vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046)
Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-00646 |
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Advisory Category: | Software |
Impact of vulnerability: | Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service |
Severity rating: | CRITICAL |
Original release: | 12/14/2021 |
Last revised: | 12/21/2021 |
Summary:
Security vulnerabilities in Apache Log4j2 for some Intel® products may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service. Intel is releasing product updates to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2021-44228 (Non-Intel issued)
Description: JNDI features in Apache Log4j2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.
CVSS Base Score: 10.0 Critical
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEID: CVE-2021-45046 (Non-Intel issued)
Description: It was found that the fix to address CVE-2021-44228 in Apache Log4j 2.15.0 was incomplete in certain non-default configurations
CVSS Base Score: 3.7 Low
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Product Matrix:
The Intel product portfolio is under investigation to determine if the products are affected by CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 which are mitigated by Apache log4j version 2.16, or higher. Intel will be updating this table as the investigation proceeds. Intel is aware that there may be additional security vulnerabilities mitigated in future versions of Apache log4j which may impact Intel products. Intel recommends that users of these products check for updates on a regular basis.
Product | Status | Recommendations (when available)* |
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Intel® Audio Development Kit |
Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® Datacenter Manager | Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI sample browser plugin for Eclipse |
Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® System Debugger |
Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® Secure Device Onboard |
Affected |
https://github.com/secure-device-onboard/release/releases/tag/v1.10.4 https://github.com/secure-device-onboard/release-fidoiot/releases/tag/v1.0.1 |
Intel® Genomics Kernel Library | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® System Studio | Affected | Patch pending |
Computer Vision Annotation Tool maintained by Intel® | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® Sensor Solution Firmware Development Kit | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® Edge Controls for Industrial | Affected | Patch pending |
Optimized Analytics Package | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel QAT Codec | Affected | Patch pending |
Edge Insights for Autonomous Mobile Robots | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® Data Center Manager | Affected | Patch pending |
Clear Linux* Project | Affected | https://download.clearlinux.org/current/ |
Black Key Provisioning Service | Affected | Patch pending |
intel-device-resource-mgt-lib | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® Sensor Hub (ISH) Firmware Development Kit | Affected | https://www.intel.com/content/www/cn/zh/secure/design/confidential/software-kits/kit-details.html?kitId=709426&s=Newest |
Intel® oneAPI DL Framework Developer Toolkit for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI AI Analytics Toolkit for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI AI Analytics Toolkit NDA for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit NDA for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI HPC Toolkit for LinuxPatch pending | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI IoT Toolkit for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI Toolkits on Docker Hub | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI Compiler NDA for Linux | Affected | Patch pending |
*Please review all recommendations for all available update options.
Affected Intel® Developer Containers:
The Intel® Developer Containers portfolio is under investigation to determine if the products are affected by CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 which are mitigated by Apache log4j version 2.16, or higher. Intel will be updating this table as the investigation proceeds. Intel is aware that there may be additional security vulnerabilities mitigated in future versions of Apache log4j which may impact Intel products. Intel recommends that users of these products check for updates on a regular basis.
Product | Status | Recommendations (when available)* |
---|---|---|
Intel® oneAPI DL Framework Developer Toolkit |
Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® AI Analytics Toolkit | Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI IoT Toolkit |
Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI® HPC Toolkit |
Affected |
Patch pending |
Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit |
Affected |
Patch pending |
*Please review all recommendations for all available update options.
Recommendations:
Intel recommends updating the Intel® products listed above to the latest mitigated version (see provided tables).
Intel recommends using the Apache Log4j mitigations or workarounds for any affected products that cannot be updated or that do not have an updated product version:
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
Acknowledgements:
These issues were found externally and were publicly disclosed as CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046 in December 2021. Intel learned of these issues at that time.
Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD), under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.
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