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Fedora 24 FEDORA-2017-7e0ff7f73a Critical Log4j12 Deserialization

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Important security patch released for Fedora 24 targeting the log4j12 deserialization vulnerability. Ensure your systems are secured against potential attacks.
Security fix for CVE-2017-5645

Summary

Log4j is a tool to help the programmer output log statements to a

variety of output targets.

Security fix for CVE-2017-5645

[ 1 ] Bug #1443635 - CVE-2017-5645 log4j: Socket receiver deserialization vulnerability

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443635

su -c 'dnf upgrade log4j12' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical deserialization log4j12 socket vulnerability

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Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.2.17
Release: 19.fc24
URL: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.x/
Summary: Java logging package

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security advisory fedora critical deserialization log4j12 socket vulnerability

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