Vulnerability identifier: #VU73244

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26464

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache Log4j
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. When using the Chainsaw or SocketAppender components with Log4j 1.x on JRE less than 1.7, an attacker that manages to cause a logging entry involving a specially-crafted (i.e., deeply nested) hashmap or hashtable (depending on which logging component is in use) to be processed can exhaust the available memory in the virtual machine and achieve denial of service when the object is deserialized.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Log4j: 1.0.4 - 1.2.17

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External links
http://lists.apache.org/thread/wkx6grrcjkh86crr49p4blc1v1nflj3t

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.