Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-44832: Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-beta7 through 2.17.0 (excluding security fix releases 2.3.2 and 2.12.4) are vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack where an attacker with permission to modify the logging configuration file can construct a malicious configuration using a JDBC Appender with a data source referencing a JNDI URI which can execute remote code. This issue is fixed by limiting JNDI data source names to the java protocol in Log4j2 versions 2.17.1, 2.12.4, and 2.3.2.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | aws-kinesis-agent | 0:2.0.6-1.amzn2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.6
Apache Log4j2 vulnerable to RCE via JDBC Appender when attacker controls configuration
Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-beta7 through 2.17.0 (excluding security fix releases 2.3.2 and 2.12.4) are vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack when a configuration uses a JDBC Appender with a JNDI LDAP data source URI when an attacker has control o…
References
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-44832.html