Advisory

A note with CVSS 10.0 for component IOT-BSV-HS-MS was released by SAP on 11.01.2022. The correction/advisory 3136988 was described with "[CVE-2021-44228] Remote Code Execution vulnerability associated with Apache Log4j 2 component used in Reference Template for enabling ingestion and persistence of time series data in Azure" and affects the system type SAP IoT.

A workaround exists, according to SAP Security Advisory team. It is advisable to implement the correction as part of maintenance.

The vulnerability addressed is code injection within SAP IoT.

Risk specification

The component log4j allows an attacker to execute malicious code when he is in control of log messages or message parameters.

Solution

The applications dependencies were updated to a newer release that no longer contains these log4j vulnerabilities. Although an alternative solution exists, it is advisable to apply the correction! This is the workaround, which was suggested by the SAP security experts: "If possible, set the java parameter log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true".

The advisory is valid for

AZURE-IOT-INTEGRATION-REF 100

Releated advisories

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Notifications

Affected system SAP IoT

CVSS 10.0

Component IOT-BSV-HS-MS

Patch Day2022-01

Released on2022/01/11

SAP Note 3136988

Workaround Yes

Advisory

Risk specification

Solution

Disclaimer

_{Affected system}
SAP IoT

_CVSS
10.0

_Component
IOT-BSV-HS-MS

_{Patch Day}
2022-01

_{Released
on}
2022/01/11

_{SAP Note}
3136988

_Workaround
Yes