Summary
Apache Log4j 2.x (2.0 to 2.14.1) JNDI features used in configuration, log message, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers when message lookup substitution is enabled.
More information is available from the Apache Announcement. While this issue has been resolved in the Log4j 2.16.0, compatibility and installation of this version is still under investigation.
Mitigation
After an in-depth analysis of the Veritas Alta SaaS Protection product and supporting technologies, the Veritas Alta SaaS Protection team concluded there is no risk to customers from an external perspective. Customers do not have mitigation steps required/recommended for any version of the Veritas Alta SaaS Protection product.
From an internal / backend perspective, the Veritas Alta SaaS Protection Team has identified potential risks due to this vulnerability and is implementing preventative and detective controls, including planned upgrades to Veritas Alta SaaS Protection supporting components, such as Elastic Search and Tika. Affected components will be upgraded in late January, or early February, after appropriate regression testing is completed. The Veritas Alta SaaS Protection Team is also implementing, from a detective perspective, technologies that will identify unusual behavior on the Veritas Alta SaaS Protection Virtual Machines.
Questions
For questions or problems regarding these vulnerabilities please contact Veritas Technical Support (https://www.veritas.com/support)
Note: This document is being reviewed frequently, and this note will be removed once all affected versions have been identified and mitigations are in place.
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