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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17571: Important: log4j security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17571: Important: log4j security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2019
Created
12/31/2019
Added
12/30/2019
Modified
06/16/2022

Description

Included in Log4j 1.2 is a SocketServer class that is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data which can be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary code when combined with a deserialization gadget when listening to untrusted network traffic for log data. This affects Log4j versions up to 1.2 up to 1.2.17.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-log4j
  • redhat-upgrade-log4j-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-log4j-javadoc
  • redhat-upgrade-log4j-manual

References

  • DSA-4686
  • CVE-2019-17571

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