The version of log4j installed on the remote host is prior to 2.17.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-225 advisory.

  - 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 can control log messages or log message parameters     can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers when message lookup substitution is enabled. From     log4j 2.15.0, this behavior has been disabled by default. From version 2.16.0 (along with 2.12.2, 2.12.3,     and 2.3.1), this functionality has been completely removed. Note that this vulnerability is specific to     log4j-core and does not affect log4net, log4cxx, or other Apache Logging Services projects.
    (CVE-2021-44228)

  - Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-beta7 through 2.17.0 (excluding security fix releases 2.3.2 and 2.12.4) are     vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack when a configuration uses a JDBC Appender with a JNDI     LDAP data source URI when an attacker has control of the target LDAP server. This issue is fixed by     limiting JNDI data source names to the java protocol in Log4j2 versions 2.17.1, 2.12.4, and 2.3.2.
    (CVE-2021-44832)

  - 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-default Pattern Layout with either a Context Lookup (for     example, $${ctx:loginId}) or a Thread Context Map pattern (%X, %mdc, or %MDC) to craft malicious input     data using a JNDI Lookup pattern resulting in an information leak and remote code execution in some     environments and local code execution in all environments. Log4j 2.16.0 (Java 8) and 2.12.2 (Java 7) fix     this issue by removing support for message lookup patterns and disabling JNDI functionality by default.
    (CVE-2021-45046)

  - Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1) did not protect from     uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups. This allows an attacker with control over Thread     Context Map data to cause a denial of service when a crafted string is interpreted. This issue was fixed     in Log4j 2.17.0, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1. (CVE-2021-45105)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Amazon Linux 2022 : log4j (ALAS2022-2022-225)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168572

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Version 1.7 May 1, 2023, 9:07 PM CISA reference Plugin Feed: 202305012107
Version 1.6 Feb 17, 2023, 11:41 PM CEA reference Plugin Feed: 202302172341
Version 1.5 Jan 13, 2023, 4:18 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202301131618
Version 1.4 Dec 12, 2022, 4:05 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202212121605
Version 1.3 Dec 10, 2022, 5:44 PM Reference Plugin Feed: 202212101744
Version 1.2 Dec 10, 2022, 5:51 AM New Plugin Feed: 202212100551