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High · 8.8 CVE-2022-0070 EUVD-2022-15291GHSA-x6m6-c6mx-qvf8

Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation

Published Apr 19, 2022 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

Description

Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100. The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-16 will now explicitly mimic the Linux capabilities and cgroups of the target Java process that the hotpatch is applied to.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Amazon Web Services log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch unspecified – < 1.1-16 1.1-16

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch 1.1-16.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1773

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