Headline
CVE-2021-3100: ALAS2-2021-1732
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-12 didn’t mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.
Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1732
Advisory Release Date: 2021-12-22 21:17 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-04-18 19:42 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-12 will now explicitly mimic the permissions of the JVM attempting to be updated.
Affected Packages:
log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
Issue Correction:
Run yum update log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13.amzn2.noarch
src:
log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13.amzn2.src