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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9488

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-i...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. 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. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 apache-log4j2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.13.3-1"}]}]

Debian:13 apache-log4j2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.13.3-1"}]}]

Debian:14 apache-log4j2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.13.3-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org