openSUSE Security Update: Security update for log4j
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2021:1605-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1193887 #1193888 
Cross-References:   CVE-2021-45105
CVSS scores:
                    CVE-2021-45105 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 15.2
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for log4j fixes the following issues:

   - Update to 2.17.0
   - CVE-2021-45105: Apache Log4j2 does not always protect from infinite
     recursion in lookup evaluation. (bsc#1193887, bsc#1193888)

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


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-2021-1605=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

      log4j-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1
      log4j-javadoc-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1
      log4j-jcl-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1
      log4j-slf4j-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45105.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193887
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193888