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CVE-2020-9488

Publication date 27 April 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.7 · Low

Score breakdown

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 could leak any log messages sent through that appender. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apache-log4j2 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.16.0-0.20.04.1
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.7 · Low
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N