Information Exposure Affecting log4j package, versions <0:1.2.12-1jpp_1rh


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
85.28% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-LOG4J-9875385
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed3 Jun 2009

Introduced: 3 Jun 2009

CVE-2009-0580  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 log4j to version 0:1.2.12-1jpp_1rh or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0602.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream log4j package and not the log4j package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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