CVE-2019-17571 Apache Log4j Vulnerability
Severity: Medium2020-01-23
Abstract
On December 19, 2019, Apache Software Foundation (ASF) officially released a security advisory, announcing that Apache Log4j has a deserialization issue that could cause remote code execution (CVE-2019-17571). Log4j is a Java-based open-source logging tool that includes a SocketServer class which can easily accept serialized log events and deserialize them without authentication. With the aid of deserialization tools, an attacker could use this class to remotely execute arbitrary code. This affects Log4j versions up to 1.2 up to 1.2.17. A similar flaw found in Log4j 2.x has been assigned CVE-2017-5645.
Multiple Oxygen XML products incorporate Apache Log4j as third party library. This advisory was opened to address the potential impact on this third party library vulnerability.
Affected Products/Versions
| Product | Severity | Fixed Release Availability |
| Oxygen XML Editor 21.1 and older versions | Medium | Oxygen XML Editor 22.0 build 2020021016 |
| Oxygen XML Developer 21.1 and older versions | Medium | Oxygen XML Developer 22.0 build 2020021016 |
| Oxygen XML Author 21.1 and older versions | Medium | Oxygen XML Author 22.0 build 2020021016 |
| Oxygen XML WebHelp 21.1 and older versions | Medium | Oxygen XML WebHelp 22.0 build 2020021107 |
| Oxygen PDF Chemistry 21.1 and older versions | Medium | Oxygen PDF Chemistry 22.0 build 2020021208 |
| Oxygen XML Web Author 21.1.1 and older versions | Medium | Oxygen XML Web Author 22.0.0 build 2020021023 |
| Oxygen Content Fusion 1.2 and older versions | Medium | Oxygen Content Fusion 2.0 build 2020021116 |
If your license key covers version 22.0, download the latest installation kit that includes this fix.
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Detail
CVE-2019-17571
Severity: High
CVSS Score: 9.8
Log4j third-party library used by Oxygen XML software products is an affected version mentioned in CVE-2019-17571 vulnerability description. However, the Log4j capability to access remote logs through its SocketServer class (where the vulnerability exists) is not enabled and used in Oxygen XML software products. Log4j is used for basic logging within our applications. Therefore Oxygen XML software products are not impacted by CVE-2019-17571.
Revision History
2020-05-18 Starting with version 22.1 the Apache Log4j library was updated to version 2.13. This version is not affected anymore by this vulnerability.
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