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Oracle WebLogic: CVE-2020-9488 : Critical Patch Update

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Oracle WebLogic: CVE-2020-9488 : Critical Patch Update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/27/2020
Created
10/23/2020
Added
10/22/2020
Modified
03/23/2022

Description

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1

Solution(s)

  • oracle-weblogic-oct-2020-cpu-10_3_6_0_0

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