Issued:

2017-06-08

Updated:

2017-06-08

RHSA-2017:1417 - Important: rh-java-common-log4j security update

Synopsis

Important: rh-java-common-log4j security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for rh-java-common-log4j is now available for Red Hat Software Collections.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Log4j is a tool to help the programmer output log statements to a variety of output targets.

Security Fix(es):

• It was found that when using remote logging with log4j socket server the log4j server would deserialize any log event received via TCP or UDP. An attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted log event that, during deserialization, would execute arbitrary code in the context of the logger application. (CVE-2017-5645)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• rh-java-common-log4j-1.2.17-15.15.el6.noarch.rpm
• rh-java-common-log4j-1.2.17-15.15.el6.src.rpm
• rh-java-common-log4j-manual-1.2.17-15.15.el6.noarch.rpm
• rh-java-common-log4j-1.2.17-15.15.el7.src.rpm
• rh-java-common-log4j-javadoc-1.2.17-15.15.el7.noarch.rpm
• rh-java-common-log4j-javadoc-1.2.17-15.15.el6.noarch.rpm
• rh-java-common-log4j-1.2.17-15.15.el7.noarch.rpm
• rh-java-common-log4j-manual-1.2.17-15.15.el7.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1443635

CVEs

• CVE-2017-5645

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.