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SCA: security update for org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core, org.ops4j.pax.logging:pax-logging-log4j2 (GHSA-p6xc-xr62-6r2g)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417352

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1) 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, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1. (CVE-2021-45105)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p6xc-xr62-6r2g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417352

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6

Percentile: 96.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45105

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45105