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JDBC appender is vulnerable to remote code execution in certain configurations |
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6.6 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) |
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An attacker with write access to the logging configuration can construct a malicious configuration using a JDBC Appender with a data source referencing a JNDI URI which can execute remote code.
This issue is fixed by limiting JNDI data source names to the java protocol.
Upgrade to 2.3.2 (for Java 6), 2.12.4 (for Java 7), or 2.17.1 (for Java 8 and later).
In prior releases confirm that if the JDBC Appender is being used it is not configured to use any protocol other than java.
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Infinite recursion in lookup evaluation |
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CVSS 3.x Score & Vector |
5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) |
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Log4j versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.3.1 and 2.12.3), did not protect from uncontrolled recursion that can be implemented using self-referential lookups.
When the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with a Context Lookup (for example, $${ctx:loginId}), attackers with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data can craft malicious input data that contains a recursive lookup, resulting in a StackOverflowError that will terminate the process.
This is also known as a DoS (Denial-of-Service) attack.
Upgrade to 2.3.1 (for Java 6), 2.12.3 (for Java 7), or 2.17.0 (for Java 8 and later).
Alternatively, this infinite recursion issue can be mitigated in configuration:
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In PatternLayout in the logging configuration, replace Context Lookups like
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Otherwise, in the configuration, remove references to Context Lookups like
${ctx:loginId}or$${ctx:loginId}where they originate from sources external to the application such as HTTP headers or user input. Note that this mitigation is insufficient in releases older than2.12.2(for Java 7), and2.16.0(for Java 8 and later) as the issues fixed in those releases will still be present.
Note that only the log4j-core JAR file is impacted by this vulnerability.
Applications using only the log4j-api JAR file without the log4j-core JAR file are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Independently discovered by Hideki Okamoto of Akamai Technologies, Guy Lederfein of Trend Micro Research working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, and another anonymous vulnerability researcher.
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{cve-url-prefix}/CVE-2021-45105[CVE-2021-45105]
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Thread Context Lookup is vulnerable to remote code execution in certain configurations |
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CVSS 3.x Score & Vector |
9.0 CRITICAL (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) |
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It was found that the fix to address {cve-url-prefix}/CVE-2021-44228[CVE-2021-44228] in Log4j 2.15.0 was incomplete in certain non-default configurations.
When the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with a Thread Context Lookup (for example, $${ctx:loginId}), attackers with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) can craft malicious input data using a JNDI Lookup pattern, resulting in an information leak and remote code execution in some environments and local code execution in all environments.
Remote code execution has been demonstrated on macOS, Fedora, Arch Linux, and Alpine Linux.
Note that this vulnerability is not limited to just the JNDI lookup. Any other Lookup could also be included in a Thread Context Map variable and possibly have private details exposed to anyone with access to the logs.
Note that only the log4j-core JAR file is impacted by this vulnerability.
Applications using only the log4j-api JAR file without the log4j-core JAR file are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Upgrade to Log4j 2.3.1 (for Java 6), 2.12.3 (for Java 7), or 2.17.0 (for Java 8 and later).
This issue was discovered by Kai Mindermann of iC Consult and separately by 4ra1n.
Additional vulnerability details discovered independently by Ash Fox of Google, Alvaro Muñoz and Tony Torralba from GitHub, Anthony Weems of Praetorian, and RyotaK (@ryotkak).
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{cve-url-prefix}/CVE-2021-45046[CVE-2021-45046]
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JNDI lookup can be exploited to execute arbitrary code loaded from an LDAP server |
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CVSS 3.x Score & Vector |
10.0 CRITICAL (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) |
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In Log4j, the JNDI features used in configurations, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker-controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers.
Note that only the log4j-core JAR file is impacted by this vulnerability.
Applications using only the log4j-api JAR file without the log4j-core JAR file are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Log4j 1 does not have Lookups, so the risk is lower.
Applications using Log4j 1 are only vulnerable to this attack when they use JNDI in their configuration.
A separate CVE ({cve-url-prefix}/CVE-2021-4104[CVE-2021-4104]) has been filed for this vulnerability.
To mitigate, audit your logging configuration to ensure it has no JMSAppender configured.
Log4j 1 configurations without JMSAppender are not impacted by this vulnerability.
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{cve-url-prefix}/CVE-2021-44228[CVE-2021-44228]
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Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in SMTP appender |
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CVSS 3.x Score & Vector |
3.7 LOW (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) |
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Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in 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.
The reported issue was caused by an error in SslConfiguration.
Any element using SslConfiguration in the Log4j Configuration is also affected by this issue.
This includes HttpAppender, SocketAppender, and SyslogAppender.
Usages of SslConfiguration that are configured via system properties are not affected.
Upgrade to 2.12.3 (Java 7) or 2.13.2 (Java 8 and later).
Alternatively, users can set the mail.smtp.ssl.checkserveridentity system property to true to enable SMTPS hostname verification for all SMTPS mail sessions.
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{cve-url-prefix}/CVE-2020-9488[CVE-2020-9488]
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TCP/UDP socket servers can be exploited to execute arbitrary code |
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CVSS 2.0 Score & Vector |
7.5 HIGH (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) |
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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.
Java 7 and above users should migrate to version 2.8.2 or avoid using the socket server classes.
Java 6 users should avoid using the TCP or UDP socket server classes, or they can manually backport the security fix commit from 2.8.2.
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{cve-url-prefix}/CVE-2017-5645[CVE-2017-5645]