Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1739
Advisory Release Date: 2022-01-18 21:37 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-01-20 19:31 Pacific
A flaw was found in the Java logging library Apache Log4j in version 1.x . This allows a remote attacker to execute code on the server if the deployed application is configured to use JMSAppender. This flaw has been filed for Log4j 1.x, the corresponding flaw information for Log4j 2.x is available at: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44228 (CVE-2021-4104)
Affected Packages:
log4j
Issue Correction:
Run yum update log4j to update your system.
noarch:
log4j-1.2.17-17.amzn2.noarch
log4j-manual-1.2.17-17.amzn2.noarch
log4j-javadoc-1.2.17-17.amzn2.noarch
src:
log4j-1.2.17-17.amzn2.src