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openSUSE Leap 15.2 openSUSE-SU-2021:1586-1 critical: log4j JNDI issue

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This crucial release for log4j tackles CVE-2021-44228 and enhances safety by turning off JNDI functionality by default.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for log4j fixes the following issue:

CVE-2021-44228: The previously published fix by upstream turned out to be

incomplete. Therefore, upstream has recommended disabling JNDI support in

log4j by default to be completely sure that this vulnerability cannot be

exploited. This update implements that recommendation and disables JNDI

support by default. [bsc#1193611, CVE-2021-44228]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix important openSUSE Leap JNDI issue log4j CVE-2021-44228

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1586=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

log4j-2.13.0-lp152.3.6.1

log4j-javadoc-2.13.0-lp152.3.6.1

log4j-jcl-2.13.0-lp152.3.6.1

log4j-slf4j-2.13.0-lp152.3.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44228.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193611

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1586-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix important openSUSE Leap JNDI issue log4j CVE-2021-44228

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