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Upgrade log4j-core version to fix CVE-2021-45105 #617

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@skjelmo skjelmo commented Dec 18, 2021

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This PR upgrades log4j-core to the latest version (2.17.0) to protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups, fixing CVE-2021-45105 relevant for Java 8 and later.

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https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3230

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@skjelmo skjelmo changed the title Upgrade log4j-core version bump to fix CVE-2021-45105 Upgrade log4j-core version to fix CVE-2021-45105 Dec 18, 2021
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yrsurya commented Dec 19, 2021

Any ETA when this going to be released?

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yrsurya commented Dec 19, 2021

We are in process of updating our APM agent for nearly ~1000 apps , it would be nice if we can have any update on releasing new version so that we don't need to redeploy again to pick up new version .

Thanks for approving @meiao

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yrsurya commented Dec 20, 2021

@skjelmo looks like it failing checks

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mattpull commented Dec 20, 2021

@skjelmo looks like it failing checks

@yrsurya - Looks like checks have passed now.

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chukka commented Dec 20, 2021

@meiao @skjelmo waiting for this to be merged and new version to be released

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LGTM

@meiao meiao merged commit c88cdab into newrelic:main Dec 20, 2021
meiao pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 20, 2021
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j00ris commented Dec 20, 2021

Any plans for upgrading 6.5.2 to Log4j 2.12.3 ?

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@meiao see @j00ris question above, any plans for updating 6.5.2? If so any ideas on timeframe? Thanks

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meiao commented Dec 20, 2021

We will release a 6.5.3 with log4j 2.12.3 when it is available.

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