Mageia: 2019-0079 Moderate: Logback Deserialization Threat
mageia
February 14, 2019
It was found that logback is vulnerable to a deserialization issue
Summary
It was found that logback is vulnerable to a deserialization issue.
Logback can be configured to allow remote logging through
SocketServer/ServerSocketReceiver interfaces that can accept untrusted
serialized data. Authenticated attackers on the adjacent network can
leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code through
deserialization of custom gadget chains (CVE-2017-5929).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23721
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1432858
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5929
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/logback-1.1.3-2.1.mga6
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Publication date: 14 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0079.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2017-5929
Topics Covered
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