USN-5223-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache Log4j 1.2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Apache Log4j 1.2 was vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data if the configuration file was editable. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code.
{
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "liblog4j1.2-java",
"binary_version": "1.2.17-7ubuntu1+esm1"
}
]
}
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2021-4104",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
]
}
]
}
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5223-2.json"