ghsa-vwqq-5vrc-xw9h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2020-06-05 14:15
Modified
2022-03-28 22:26
Severity ?
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender
Details

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender prior to version 2.13.2. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         package: {
            ecosystem: "Maven",
            name: "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "2.13.0",
                  },
                  {
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                  },
               ],
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            },
         ],
      },
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            ecosystem: "Maven",
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         },
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                  },
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                  },
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            },
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         },
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                  },
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                  {
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                  },
                  {
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                  },
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               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2020-9488",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-295",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2020-06-04T19:29:20Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2020-04-27T16:15:00Z",
      severity: "LOW",
   },
   details: "Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender prior to version 2.13.2. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender.",
   id: "GHSA-vwqq-5vrc-xw9h",
   modified: "2022-03-28T22:26:27Z",
   published: "2020-06-05T14:15:51Z",
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         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender",
}


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