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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5645: Important: log4j security update (CESA-2017:2423)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5645: Important: log4j security update (CESA-2017:2423)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/17/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In Apache Log4j 2.x before 2.8.2, when using the TCP socket server or UDP socket server to receive serialized log events from another application, a specially crafted binary payload can be sent that, when deserialized, can execute arbitrary code.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-log4j
  • centos-upgrade-log4j-javadoc
  • centos-upgrade-log4j-manual

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