GoogleOSV:GHSA-7RJR-3Q55-VV33Incomplete fix for Apache Log4j vulnerability
10 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.976 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%
Impact
The fix to address CVE-2021-44228 in Apache Log4j 2.15.0 was incomplete in certain non-default configurations. This could allow attackers with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data when the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with either a Context Lookup (for example, $${ctx:loginId}) or a Thread Context Map pattern (%X, %mdc, or %MDC) to craft malicious input data using a JNDI Lookup pattern resulting in a remote code execution (RCE) attack.
Affected packages
Only the org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core package is directly affected by this vulnerability. The org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api should be kept at the same version as the org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core package to ensure compatability if in use.
Mitigation
Log4j 2.16.0 fixes this issue by removing support for message lookup patterns and disabling JNDI functionality by default. This issue can be mitigated in prior releases (< 2.16.0) by removing the JndiLookup class from the classpath (example: zip -q -d log4j-core-*.jar org/apache/logging/log4j/core/lookup/JndiLookup.class).
Log4j 2.15.0 restricts JNDI LDAP lookups to localhost by default. Note that previous mitigations involving configuration such as to set the system property log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups to true do NOT mitigate this specific vulnerability.
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/15/3
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/18/1
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-397453.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-479842.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-661247.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-714170.pdf
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfh8-c2jp-5v3q
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EOKPQGV24RRBBI4TBZUDQMM4MEH7MXCY
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SIG7FZULMNK2XF6FZRU4VWYDQXNMUGAJ
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EOKPQGV24RRBBI4TBZUDQMM4MEH7MXCY
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SIG7FZULMNK2XF6FZRU4VWYDQXNMUGAJ
logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45046
psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0032
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-16
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-log4j-qRuKNEbd
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44228
www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5022
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00646.html
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/930724
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/4
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/alert-cve-2021-44228.html
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Related
10 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.976 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%