vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-3100: Security patch for log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch (ALAS-2021-1554)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2021-12-23 | 2022-04-20 | 2025-05-13 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2021-12-23
Added
2022-04-20
Modified
2025-05-13
Description
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13 didn’t mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
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