Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender
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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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-9488US | low3.7 | Exploit | ||
Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which coul… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2819WEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a2699f724156a558afd1abb6c044fb9132caa66dce861b82699722a%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a2699f724156a558afd1abb6c044fb9132caa66dce861b82699722a@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0df3d7a5acb98c57e64ab9266aa21eeee1d9b399addb96f9cf1cbe05%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0df3d7a5acb98c57e64ab9266aa21eeee1d9b399addb96f9cf1cbe05@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1fc73f0e16ec2fa249d3ad39a5194afb9cc5afb4c023dc0bab5a5881%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1fc73f0e16ec2fa249d3ad39a5194afb9cc5afb4c023dc0bab5a5881@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r22a56beb76dd8cf18e24fda9072f1e05990f49d6439662d3782a392f%40%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3EWEB
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