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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for apache-log4j1.2 (DLA-2905-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'apache-log4j1.2' package(s) announced via the DLA-2905-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Log4j 1.2, a Java logging framework, when it is configured to use JMSSink, JDBCAppender, JMSAppender or Apache Chainsaw which could be exploited for remote code execution. Note that a possible attacker requires write access to the Log4j configuration and the aforementioned features are not enabled by default. In order to completely mitigate against these type of vulnerabilities the related classes have been removed from the resulting jar file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'apache-log4j1.2' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.17-7+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your apache-log4j1.2 packages.