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Amazon Linux 2022 : log4j, log4j-jcl, log4j-slf4j (ALAS2022-2022-011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212487

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-011 advisory.

 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 where an attacker with permission to modify the logging configuration file can construct a malicious configuration using a JDBC Appender with a data source referencing a JNDI URI which can execute remote code. 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20220125 log4j' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-44832.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-011.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212487

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-011.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/11/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44832

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:log4j-slf4j, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:log4j-jcl, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:log4j

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44832