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CVE-2022-23305

Published: 18 January 2022

By design, the JDBCAppender in Log4j 1.2.x accepts an SQL statement as a configuration parameter where the values to be inserted are converters from PatternLayout. The message converter, %m, is likely to always be included. This allows attackers to manipulate the SQL by entering crafted strings into input fields or headers of an application that are logged allowing unintended SQL queries to be executed. Note this issue only affects Log4j 1.x when specifically configured to use the JDBCAppender, which is not the default. Beginning in version 2.0-beta8, the JDBCAppender was re-introduced with proper support for parameterized SQL queries and further customization over the columns written to in logs. Apache Log4j 1.2 reached end of life in August 2015. Users should upgrade to Log4j 2 as it addresses numerous other issues from the previous versions.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
apache-log4j1.2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.2.17-11)
xenial
Released (1.2.17-7ubuntu1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.2.17-11)
bionic
Released (1.2.17-8+deb10u1ubuntu0.2)
focal
Released (1.2.17-9ubuntu0.2)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H