MGASA-2020-0233 - Updated log4net packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 27 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0233.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2018-1285

Updated log4net packages fix security vulnerability
This patch fixes a security vulnerabiliy reported by Karthik
Balasundaram. The security vulnerability was found in the way
how log4net parses xml configuration files where it allowed to
process XML External Entity Processing. An attacker could use 
this as an attack vector if he could modify the XML configuration file.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26608
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2211
- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/d0b4b0157d4af36b23c24a23739c47925c3bd8d7
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1285

SRPMS:
- 7/core/log4net-2.0.8-2.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0233: log4net security update

Updated log4net packages fix security vulnerability This patch fixes a security vulnerabiliy reported by Karthik Balasundaram

Summary

Updated log4net packages fix security vulnerability This patch fixes a security vulnerabiliy reported by Karthik Balasundaram. The security vulnerability was found in the way how log4net parses xml configuration files where it allowed to process XML External Entity Processing. An attacker could use this as an attack vector if he could modify the XML configuration file.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26608

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2211

- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net/commit/d0b4b0157d4af36b23c24a23739c47925c3bd8d7

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1285

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0233 - Updated log4net packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/log4net-2.0.8-2.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 27 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0233.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-1285

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