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Critical 2 exploited CVEs SSA-397453 2 CVEs

SSA-397453: Apache Log4j Vulnerabilities (Log4Shell, CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046) - Impact to Siemens Energy TraceAlertServerPLUS

Published Dec 20, 2021 · Updated Dec 20, 2021

Vendor: Siemens Product: TraceAlertServerPLUS

Summary

On 2021-12-09, a vulnerability in Apache Log4j (a logging library used in many Java-based applications) was disclosed, that could allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute code on vulnerable systems. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-44228 and is also known as "Log4Shell".

On 2021-12-14 an additional denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2021-45046) was published rendering the initial mitigations and fix in version 2.15.0 as incomplete under certain non-default configurations. Log4j versions 2.16.0 and 2.12.2 are supposed to fix both vulnerabilities.

On 2021-12-17, CVE-2021-45046 was reclassified with an increased CVSS base score (from 3.7 to 9.0). The potential impact of CVE-2021-45046 now includes - besides denial of service - also information disclosure and local (and potential remote) code execution.

Siemens Energy is preparing updates and recommends specific countermeasures for TraceAlertServerPLUS.

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Critical 10.0
    CVE-2021-44228 Exploited · Ransomware Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 100%

    Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints

    Apache Log4j2 2.0-beta9 through 2.15.0 (excluding security releases 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1) JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who …

    Apache Software Foundation Apache Log4j2 apache-log4j2 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core Debian Ubuntu Maven
    KEV Dec 10, 2021
  • Critical 9.0
    CVE-2021-45046 Exploited · Ransomware Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 100%

    Apache Log4j2 Thread Context Message Pattern and Context Lookup Pattern vulnerable to a denial of service attack

    It was found that the fix to address CVE-2021-44228 in Apache Log4j 2.15.0 was incomplete in certain non-default configurations. This could allows attackers with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data when the logging configuration uses a non-defaul…

    Apache Software Foundation Apache Log4j apache-log4j2 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core Debian Ubuntu Maven
    KEV May 1, 2023

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