vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-9488: log4j: improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in SMTP appender
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Apr 27, 2020 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 27, 2020
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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