USN-5222-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5222-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5222-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5222-1
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Published
2022-01-11T20:42:28.819811Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:43Z
Summary
apache-log4j2 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Apache Log4j 2 was vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) attack when configured to use a JDBC Appender with a JNDI LDAP data source URI. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44832)

Hideki Okamoto and Guy Lederfein discovered that Apache Log4j 2 did not protect against infinite recursion in lookup evaluation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apache Log4j 2 to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-45105)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / apache-log4j2

Package

Name
apache-log4j2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apache-log4j2@2.12.4-0ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.4-0ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.8.2-1
2.8.2-2
2.10.0-1
2.10.0-2
2.10.0-2ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.12.4-0ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblog4j2-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2021-44832"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2021-45105"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / apache-log4j2

Package

Name
apache-log4j2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apache-log4j2@2.17.1-0.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17.1-0.20.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.11.1-2
2.11.2-1
2.15.0-0.20.04.1
2.16.0-0.20.04.1
2.17.0-0.20.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.17.1-0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "liblog4j2-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2021-44832"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}