May 20, 2022

CVE-2021-45105 Multiple eptos™ Releases – Security Advisory – Apache Log4j2 <=2.17 did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups.

by ParWebAcc-1 in eptos™

Overview

Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3) did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups. This allows an attacker with control over Thread Context Map data to cause a denial of service when a crafted string is interpreted. This issue was fixed in Log4j 2.17.0 and 2.12.3.

Summary

CVE-2021-45105  – Apache Log4j2 <=2.17 did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups.

Log4j 1.x is not impacted by this vulnerability.

Update Bulletin by 22.12.2021 15:00

Advisory Release Date 21th December 2021
Base CVSS Score 7,5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Products
  • all eptos modules
  • eptos SearchEngine
Affected Releases eptos modules –  6.1

eptos Search Engine 2.0 – 2.1 only if logging of api’s has been turned on (default off).

Fixed Releases
  • eptos 6.1.1
  • Search Engine 2.1.1
CVE ID CVE-2021-45105
Issue ID

BASE-1396 – Vulnerability Log4Shell: CVE-2021-45105 RESOLVED

Further information https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45105

Summary of Vulnerability

eptos core is using impacted Log4j2 2.16 starting from Release 6.1 and after fix for CVE-2021-44228 Multiple eptos Releases Security Advisory – Apache Log4j2 not protected against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints

eptos APIs are using spring-boot that has a dependency to log4j-api but by default the log4j2 part is not enabled (reference) – starting from Release 6.0, thus there is no immediate impact.

Software Fixes

  • eptos 6.0.1 updated to the unaffected release 2.17.0 of Log4j2
  • eptos 6.1.1 updated to the unaffected release 2.17.0 of Log4j2
  • eptos email collector 6.1.1 (latest, 2021) updated to the unaffected release 2.17.0 of Log4j2
  • eptos Search Engine 2.1.1, will be updated to latest 2.17.0 of Log4j2

What you need to do

  • Paradine recommends that you upgrade to the latest Long Term Support release eptos 6.1.1.
  • Paradine recommends that you upgrade to the latest Long Term Support release Search Engine 2.1.1.
  • Please consult your Solution Manager

Mitigation

For mitigation you can

  • check API’s are not having logging turned on

Support

  • If you have questions or concerns regarding this advisory, check support@paradine,at and CVE-2021-45105  to your issue description.

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