This remediation involves utilizing a Windows PowerShell script which is using native Windows scripting commands.
These instructions can be applied to any type of Windows DPA installation including the DPA Application, DPA Datastore, and Standalone DPA Agent (installed alone on a server or on another type of application server).
See the below Dell Security Advisory for more information on the Apache Log4j vulnerabilities:
For questions or assistance with these instructions, contact Dell Technical Support.
Steps for manual remediation:
Note:
Note: Alternatively, the full text of the log4j_jndiremoval.txt file is provided at the end of these instructions, which can be copied and pasted into a text file.
From the Windows PowerShell window, if this is an Agent installation on the DPA Application or DPA Datastore, the command is:
dpa agent stop
From the Windows PowerShell window, if this is an Standalone DPA Agent installation, the command is:
<dpa agent install path>\dpa stop
Example:
C:\Program Files\EMC\DPA\agent\etc\dpa stop
Note: The DPA install path must be entered again.
From the Windows PowerShell window, if this is an Agent installation on the DPA Application or DPA Datastore, the command is:
dpa agent start
From the Windows PowerShell window, if this is an Standalone DPA Agent installation, the command is:
<dpa agent install path>\dpa start
Example:
C:\Program Files\EMC\DPA\agent\etc\dpa start
Addendum:
Below is the complete text of the PowerShell script. If the file attached to this KB cannot be accessed, then this text can be copied and pasted as-is into a text file (.txt) for use in the above steps.
param ( [switch]$verify ) '--------------------------------------------------------------------------' '--------------------------------------------------------------------------' ' Data Protection Advisor CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046 Patcher 1.1 ' ' Developer : Pankaj Pande(p.pande@dell.com) ' ' Release : 29 Dec 2021 ' '--------------------------------------------------------------------------' 'Welcome to CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046 Patching Tool.' 'This utility will assist you in patching Data Protection Advisor for CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 on a Windows system.' "Special Note : The tool automates remediation steps for all internal components. Following remediation, validation checks are also run. While this tool remediates these vulnerabilities, all available information from Apache on log4j continues to be monitored. If new CVEs are discovered, Dell Technologies' Engineering teams will clarify impact and new remediation steps where necessary. If needed this tool will be updated to include the new remediation steps." '---------------------------------------------------------------------------' function List-JndiLookup { Param ( [string[]]$JarFiles, [string] $FilenameToRemove ) #initiate the .net namespace add-type -AssemblyName 'System.IO.Compression.filesystem' "The number of files to be processed is : $($JarFiles.Count)" #list the files we are processing # them later foreach ($JarFile in $JarFiles) { "$JarFile" } $processedFiles = 0; $skippedFiles = 0; foreach ($JarFile in $JarFiles) { # Open the jar for updating (.jar files are just .zip files) try { $ProcessJarFile = [io.compression.zipfile]::Open($JarFile,'Update') } catch { # Error Handling } "Checking $JarFile for $FilenameToRemove" $totalFilesInJar = ($ProcessJarFile.Entries | Where FullName -Match $FilenameToRemove).Count if($totalFilesInJar -gt 0){ $processedFiles++ } #close Zip try { $ProcessJarFile.Dispose() } catch { # Error Handling } } if ( $processedFiles -gt 0) { Write-Host "$processedFiles file(s) found vulnerable" -fore red Write-Host "Finished...Please make sure to run the patching on this sytem" -fore red } else { Write-Host "$processedFiles file(s) found vulnerable" -fore green Write-Host "Finished...No Action needed" -fore green } } function Remove-JndiLookup { Param ( [string[]]$JarFiles, [string] $FilenameToRemove ) #initiate the .net namespace add-type -AssemblyName 'System.IO.Compression.filesystem' "The number of files to be processed is : $($JarFiles.Count)" #list the files we are processing # them later foreach ($JarFile in $JarFiles) { "$JarFile" } "Starting patching/Removel Process" $processedFiles = 0; $skippedFiles = 0; foreach ($JarFile in $JarFiles) { # Open the jar for updating (.jar files are just .zip files) try { $ProcessJarFile = [io.compression.zipfile]::Open($JarFile,'Update') } catch { # Error Handling } "Checking $JarFile for $FilenameToRemove" $totalFilesInJar = ($ProcessJarFile.Entries | Where FullName -Match $FilenameToRemove).Count if($totalFilesInJar -gt 0){ "Deleting unwanted file $FilenameToRemove from $JarFile" ($ProcessJarFile.Entries | Where FullName -Match $FilenameToRemove).Delete() $processedFiles++ } else { "File $FilenameToRemove not found inside $JarFile, this may have already been deleted." $skippedFiles++ } # Clean up / close the zip try { $ProcessJarFile.Dispose() } catch { # Error Handling } } "$processedFiles file(s) processed`n$skippedFiles file(s) skipped" Write-Host "Finished..." -fore green } if ( $verify ) { Write-Host "Running in dry-run mode. Will not process any files" -fore green } else { Write-Host "Running in fix mode. Will patch files that are found affected" -fore red } $dpa_path = Read-Host "Enter the DPA location " Write-Host "Running in : '$dpa_path' " -fore green if ($verify) { List-JndiLookup -JarFiles (Get-ChildItem -Exclude 'tmp' -Recurse -Path "$dpa_path" -Filter 'dpa*.jar' | ? { $_.FullName -inotmatch 'tmp' }).FullName -FilenameToRemove 'JndiLookup.class' } else { Remove-JndiLookup -JarFiles (Get-ChildItem -Exclude 'tmp' -Recurse -Path "$dpa_path" -Filter 'dpa*.jar' | ? { $_.FullName -inotmatch 'tmp' }).FullName -FilenameToRemove 'JndiLookup.class' }
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