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2 vulnerabilities found for management_cloud_engine by oracle
CVE-2021-45105 (GCVE-0-2021-45105)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2021-12-18 11:55 – Updated: 2026-05-29 11:45
VLAI
Title
Apache Log4j2 does not always protect from infinite recursion in lookup evaluation
Summary
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Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Log4j2 |
Affected:
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CVE-2021-45105 (GCVE-0-2021-45105)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-18 11:55 – Updated: 2026-05-29 11:45
VLAI
Title
Apache Log4j2 does not always protect from infinite recursion in lookup evaluation
Summary
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.
Severity
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SSVC
Exploitation: none
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CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
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| URL | Tags |
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| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Log4j2 |
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