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CVE-2021-44228

Published: 10 December 2021

Apache Log4j2 2.0-beta9 through 2.15.0 (excluding security releases 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1) JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers when message lookup substitution is enabled. From log4j 2.15.0, this behavior has been disabled by default. From version 2.16.0 (along with 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1), this functionality has been completely removed. Note that this vulnerability is specific to log4j-core and does not affect log4net, log4cxx, or other Apache Logging Services projects.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
apache-log4j1.2 contains a similar issue in a non-default
configuration, and it was assigned CVE-2021-4104, see that CVE for
information about apache-log4j1.2

Priority

High

Cvss 3 Severity Score

10.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
apache-log4j2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.10.0-2ubuntu0.1)
focal
Released (2.15.0-0.20.04.1)
impish
Released (2.15.0-0.21.10.1)
upstream
Released (2.15.0)
hirsute
Released (2.15.0-0.21.04.1)
xenial
Released (2.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
trusty Does not exist

jammy Not vulnerable
(2.15.0-1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/commit/c77b3cb39312b83b053d23a2158b99ac7de44dd3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 10.0
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H