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Fedora 26: FEDORA-2017-11edc0d6c3 Critical: Log4j Socket Threat

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Important log4j security fix for Fedora 26 mitigates socket receiver deserialization vulnerability. Find rapid patch specifics below.
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 log4j' 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

To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 2.7
Release: 4.fc26
URL: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/
Summary: Java logging package

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