SB2022061639 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support update for log4j
Published: June 16, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022061639
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17571)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the SocketServer class in Log4j. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system, if these is a deserialization gadget listening to untrusted network traffic for log data.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.