MGASA-2021-0556 - Updated log4j packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 11 Dec 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0556.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-44228

Apache Log4j2 <=2.14.1 JNDI features used in configuration, log messages,
and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other
JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log
message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP serverswhen message lookup substitution is enabled. From log4j 2.15.0, this
behavior has been disabled by default. (CVE-2021-44228)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29753
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44228

SRPMS:
- 8/core/log4j-2.13.3-1.1.mga8

Mageia 2021-0556: log4j security update

Apache Log4j2 <=2.14.1 JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints

Summary

Apache Log4j2 <=2.14.1 JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP serverswhen message lookup substitution is enabled. From log4j 2.15.0, this behavior has been disabled by default. (CVE-2021-44228)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29753

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44228

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0556 - Updated log4j packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/log4j-2.13.3-1.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 11 Dec 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0556.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-44228

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