GHSA-vwqq-5vrc-xw9h

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2020-9488
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender prior to version 2.13.2. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.logging.log4j:log4jintroduced 2.13.0, fixed 2.13.2
Maven · org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-coreintroduced 2.13.0, fixed 2.13.2
Maven · org.apache.logging.log4j:log4jintroduced 2.4.0, fixed 2.12.3
Maven · org.apache.logging.log4j:log4jintroduced 0, fixed 2.3.2
Maven · org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-coreintroduced 2.4.0, fixed 2.12.3
Maven · org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-coreintroduced 0, fixed 2.3.2

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database