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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-5645) (Multiple Advisories): log4j security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-5645) (Multiple Advisories): log4j security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/17/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/09/2017
Modified
05/24/2022

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-log4j
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-log4j-javadoc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-log4j-manual

References

  • ELSA-2022-9419
  • CVE-2017-5645

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