Improper Certificate Validation Affecting log4j-javadoc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL6-LOG4JJAVADOC-1413742
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 25 Apr 2020

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 log4j-javadoc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream log4j-javadoc package and not the log4j-javadoc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j 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. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

3.7 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

3.7 low