Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-008
Advisory Release Date: 2021-12-22 20:07 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-12-23 19:51 Pacific
A flaw was found in the Apache Log4j logging library 2.x. when the logging configuration uses a non-default Pattern Layout with a Context Lookup. Attackers with control over Thread Context Map (MDC) input data can craft malicious input data that contains a recursive lookup and can cause Denial of Service. (CVE-2021-45105)
Affected Packages:
log4j
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20211222 log4j to update your system.
noarch:
log4j-slf4j-2.17.0-1.amzn2022.0.1.noarch
log4j-jcl-2.17.0-1.amzn2022.0.1.noarch
log4j-2.17.0-1.amzn2022.0.1.noarch
src:
log4j-2.17.0-1.amzn2022.0.1.src