A log4j security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1605-1: important: Security update for log4j

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for log4j
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1605-1
Rating: important
References: #1193887 #1193888
Cross-References: CVE-2021-45105
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-45105 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.

Description:

This update for log4j fixes the following issues:

- Update to 2.17.0
- CVE-2021-45105: Apache Log4j2 does not always protect from infinite
recursion in lookup evaluation. (bsc#1193887, bsc#1193888)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1605=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

log4j-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1
log4j-javadoc-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1
log4j-jcl-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1
log4j-slf4j-2.17.0-lp152.3.12.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45105.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193887
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193888