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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117866
Category:General
Title:Apache Log4j 2.x < 2.13.2 Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:Apache Log4j is prone to an information disclosure; vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Apache Log4j is prone to an information disclosure
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Log4j2
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.

Affected Software/OS:
Apache Log4j versions 2.0.x through 2.13.1.

Solution:
Update to version 2.13.2 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9488
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2819
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200504-0003/
Debian Security Information: DSA-5020 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5020
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc7642b9800249553f13457e46b813bea1aec99d2bc9106510e00ff3@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re024d86dffa72ad800f2848d0c77ed93f0b78ee808350b477a6ed987@%3Cgitbox.hive.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r393943de452406f0f6f4b3def9f8d3c071f96323c1f6ed1a098f7fe4@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc2dbc4633a6eea1fcbce6831876cfa17b73759a98c65326d1896cb1a@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd5d58088812cf8e677d99b07f73c654014c524c94e7fedbdee047604@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00017.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r45916179811a32cbaa500f972de9098e6ee80ee81c7f134fce83e03a@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4db540cafc5d7232c62e076051ef661d37d345015b2e59b3f81a932f@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d5dc9f3520071338d9ebc26f9f158a43ae28a91923d176b550a807b@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra632b329b2ae2324fabbad5da204c4ec2e171ff60348ec4ba698fd40@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ed1f49616a8603832d378cb9d13e7a8b9b27972bb46d946ccd8491f@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1fc73f0e16ec2fa249d3ad39a5194afb9cc5afb4c023dc0bab5a5881@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r65578f3761a89bc164e8964acd5d913b9f8fd997967b195a89a97ca3@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra051e07a0eea4943fa104247e69596f094951f51512d42c924e86c75@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7e5c10534ed06bf805473ac85e8412fe3908a8fa4cabf5027bf11220@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1c2a81a08034c688b8f15cf58a4cfab322d00002ca46d20133bee20@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8e96c340004b7898cad3204ea51280ef6e4b553a684e1452bf1b18b1@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a2699f724156a558afd1abb6c044fb9132caa66dce861b82699722a@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48bcd06049c1779ef709564544c3d8a32ae6ee5c3b7281a606ac4463@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2721aba31a8562639c4b937150897e24f78f747cdbda8641c0f659fe@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48efc7cb5aeb4e1f67aaa06fb4b5479a5635d12f07d0b93fc2d08809@%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd8e87c4d69df335d0ba7d815b63be8bd8a6352f429765c52eb07ddac@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4285398e5585a0456d3d9db021a4fce6e6fcf3ec027dfa13a450ec98@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
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