log4j2 version 2.16.0 just showed up on maven central a few moments ago.

https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.16.0/
https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.16.0/

- Joakim

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 2:06 PM Matthias Sohn <matthias.s...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think there is some confusion since naming of log4j 1 and 2 artefacts is
> a bit confusing:
>
> *log4j 1.x*
>
> maven artefact log4j:
> log4j:log4j:1.2.17
>
> bundle in Orbit log4j
> org.apache.log4j 1.2.15.v201012070815
>
> slf4j log4j 1 binding to use log4j 1.x with libraries using slf4j api:
> org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.32
>
> *log4j 2.x*
>
> maven artefact log4j 2.x:
> org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.15.0
> org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.15.0
>
> bundle in Orbit log4j 2.x: org.apache.logging.log4j 2.15.0.v20211211-1928
> (contains classes from both log4j-core and log4j-api)
>
> slf4j log4j 2 binding to use log4j with libraries using slf4j api:
> org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.15.0
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 8:33 PM Denis Roy <
> denis....@eclipse-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>> The CVE shows: Apache Log4j2
>>
>> I would assume that is correct.
>>
>>
>> On 2021-12-13 14:31, Ed Willink wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Please start by correctly referencing the vulnerability.
>>
>> It is with org.apache.logging.log4j,
>>
>> There is no issue with org.apache.log4j so continually referring to this
>> as a log4j vulnerability is very misleading.
>>
>> AFAICT no Eclipse installation of mine has ever included
>> org.apache.logging.log4j.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ed Willink
>> On 13/12/2021 19:15, Denis Roy wrote:
>>
>> How about I start:
>>
>>
>> title: *Eclipse and log4j vulnerability **(CVE-2021-442280)*
>>
>> Here is the status of the various Eclipse Foundation projects, with
>> regards to CVE-2021-442280:
>>
>>
>> - Eclipse IDE 2021-12: *not vulnerable*
>>
>> - Eclipse Jetty (version): status
>>
>> - Eclipse GlassFish (version): status
>>
>> - Eclipse jGit (version): status
>>
>>
>> We would likely need to get the input from other projects, to
>> "self-certify".  I can do this by reaching out to eclipse.org-committers if
>> anyone agrees.
>>
>> At this point, most of Europe is logged out for the day, and time is
>> ticking away fast for this sort of action.
>>
>>
>> Denis
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2021-12-13 14:00, Jonah Graham wrote:
>>
>> Hi Denis,
>>
>> Yes - that seems best. I can help with the actual story - as can others
>> on this list (I hope :-).
>>
>> Jonah
>> ~~~
>> Jonah Graham
>> Kichwa Coders
>> www.kichwacoders.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 13:58, Denis Roy <denis....@eclipse-foundation.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Good question.
>>>
>>> If we agree on a story (ie, if someone can help me write what the actual
>>> story is), I can certainly post a blog post on the blogs.eclipse.org
>>> domain. From there, we could tweet about it from the official @EclipseFdn
>>> twitter account, and perhaps add links to the post from the Newcomers forum.
>>>
>>> Does that seem acceptable?
>>>
>>>
>>> Denis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2021-12-13 13:44, Jonah Graham wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone for working on this - I think we have a pretty good
>>> story now about what the Eclipse IDE / SimRel has done for the log4j
>>> vulnerability.
>>>
>>> The last thing is to say so in a concise way - where can/should we say
>>> so (besides this mailing list)?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jonah
>>> ~~~
>>> Jonah Graham
>>> Kichwa Coders
>>> www.kichwacoders.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 12:58, Ed Merks <ed.me...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Christoph,
>>>>
>>>> I really appreciate your creative ideas.  I think "we, i.e., as an I"
>>>> should indeed plan long term for the possibility of expedient
>>>> mitigation
>>>> of such problems in the future using this type of approach.
>>>>
>>>> For the project catalogs I've regenerated them such than installing any
>>>> version of the RCP package (with any installer) will install the latest
>>>> version of Passage which strictly requires the updated/fix version of
>>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.  Also any installer-created RCP package
>>>> installation will ask to update itself upon startup/restart.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/commit/?id=929d140afc34ecdb85b7996c63ce0b36b6723a34
>>>>
>>>> Another thought I had is that the donation support I've added opens a
>>>> browser page.  In this case we could change the URL such that a page
>>>> with information about this CVE could be presented...
>>>>
>>>> But now it's late in the day and I'm done for now.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>> On 13.12.2021 18:03, Christoph Läubrich wrote:
>>>> > Hi Ed,
>>>> >
>>>> > > One problem is we don't know all the things that strictly require
>>>> the
>>>> > > older bundle.
>>>> >
>>>> > In the end what matters is that the bundle is no longer available. If
>>>> > we don't uninstall them at laes they won't resolve anymore and people
>>>> > will go to the project website, report an issue and/or install an
>>>> > update :-)
>>>> >
>>>> > > In the end it at the simplest, it could just be a feature with
>>>> p2.inf
>>>> > > with negative requirements for bundles that have been determined to
>>>> be
>>>> > > unsafe.
>>>> >
>>>> > yep that's what I have had in mind, I think it would be cool to have
>>>> > one global feature "CVE Mitigation" or something and this
>>>> > requires/includes individual CVE features that ship with appropriate
>>>> > p2.inf items.
>>>> > Thus way, once added to an IDE this will enable us to make CVE fixes
>>>> > available tor a broad audience and make people more aware of them
>>>> > through the update capabilities of eclipse itself.
>>>> >
>>>> > >> What do you think does this sounds reasonable?
>>>> > > It's a creative idea.  I like it.
>>>> >
>>>> > Good to hear! As you probably know much more about p2.inf magic than
>>>> > me can you craft such a feature so we can investigate this more? As
>>>> > mentioned before this is more an idea so I can't shar any concrete
>>>> > code samples yet and have no idea where this would bes be placed
>>>> (part
>>>> > of the platform cbi? github/gitlab project under eclipse umbrella?
>>>> > eclipse cbi maybe?)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Am 13.12.21 um 17:48 schrieb Ed Merks:
>>>> >> Christoph,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Comments below.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 13.12.2021 17:29, Christoph Läubrich wrote:
>>>> >>> Hi Ed,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I wonder if it would not be possible to publish a general purpose
>>>> >>> "CVE mitigation" Updatesite everyone could add to an existing
>>>> >>> eclipse install.
>>>> >> Of course not everyone has Passage installed, nor this specific
>>>> >> bundle...
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Such an Updatesite could contain a Unit for a given CVE (e.g.
>>>> >>> CVE-2021-44228 in this case) that defines a negative requirement on
>>>> >>> any affected version (in this case any org.apache.logging.log4j
>>>> with
>>>> >>> version range < 2.15).
>>>> >> Yes that's theoretically possible.  (And in the catalog I can easily
>>>> >> do this, but not all installation are installed from the catalog.)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> What will happen then is that P2 will give the user the choice to
>>>> >>> install this mitigation unit and uninstall
>>>> >> P2 generally wants to install features so such a thing would need to
>>>> >> be packaged up as a feature...
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> a) the dangerous bundle
>>>> >>> b) any dependent and affected unit (passage in this case)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> from the current IDE.
>>>> >> One problem is we don't know all the things that strictly require
>>>> the
>>>> >> older bundle.  The parts of Passage contributed to the train only
>>>> >> have lower bounds, but there are Passage features that include this
>>>> >> bundle with an exact range...
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Once an Update is in place, passage could be installed (e.g. with a
>>>> >>> separate update-site) again including a fixed version of the
>>>> >>> problematic dependecy.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >> Another question is what else out there that might already be
>>>> >> installed depend on logging.log4j and would also need to be updated
>>>> >> or uninstalled?  That's an open ended question...
>>>> >>> Even though such a site would currently need some kind of
>>>> >>> handcrafted metadata, we could enhance this so we probably once
>>>> have
>>>> >>> some automatic import of CVE from public databases and automatic
>>>> >>> notification of users about new CVE affecting their IDE.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >> Yes, such a thing will follow some pattern so generating such a
>>>> thing
>>>> >> would be good...
>>>> >>> Including such a site in a target platform of a build could
>>>> >>> effectively fail the build (and make projects automatically aware
>>>> of
>>>> >>> new problems) as they arise, also preventing one from including
>>>> >>> problematic dependencies in the future.
>>>> >> In the end it at the simplest, it could just be a feature with
>>>> p2.inf
>>>> >> with negative requirements for bundles that have been determined to
>>>> >> be unsafe.
>>>> >>> What do you think does this sounds reasonable?
>>>> >> It's a creative idea.  I like it.
>>>> >>> Am 12.12.21 um 14:07 schrieb Ed Merks:
>>>> >>>> Alexander,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Will you set the lower bound to force the fixed version and to
>>>> >>>> disallow the older version?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> If only the installer and its product catalogs were involved, I
>>>> >>>> could fix the problem easily by adding an update site and forcing
>>>> >>>> the version range to install the fixed version.  I wouldn't even
>>>> >>>> need a new version of Passage to force/fix that...
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> But we're also talking about the release train repository, which
>>>> >>>> would need a respin.  Unfortunately there are updates in the
>>>> SimRel
>>>> >>>> repo after the 2021-12 tag:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Some of those will be needed because the
>>>> >>>> https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.22-I-builds
>>>> >>>> repository is gone.  Hopefully other projects contributed stable
>>>> >>>> repositories with unchanging released content rather than pointing
>>>> >>>> at "moving target" that has changed its content since the release.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> If we decide we need to do a respin and we accomplish that, then
>>>> >>>> EPP needs to respin as well.   This will be something the Planning
>>>> >>>> Council will need to discuss and to decide which actions to take.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Only you know how Passage uses the logging facility to know if
>>>> >>>> there is in actual fact a risk.  I.e., is Passage actually logging
>>>> >>>> information obtained from an internet connection and is that
>>>> >>>> actually enabled/activated in the RCP/RAP package itself? I.e.,
>>>> >>>> does what Jens Lideström outlined apply?  (Thanks Jens!)  If not,
>>>> >>>> then perhaps we're unduly alarmed.  I could see nothing that
>>>> >>>> appears to be related to Passage in an IDE into which I installed
>>>> >>>> Passage, i.e., no preferences, no wizards, no views, nothing
>>>> >>>> obvious.   Is it perhaps the case that the security problems would
>>>> >>>> only manifest themselves in applications where Passage is deployed
>>>> >>>> at runtime for licensing control of that application?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Please try to outline the risk factors of Passage's development
>>>> >>>> tools being installed in a IDE application to help inform the
>>>> >>>> Planning Council in making a decision.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> P.S., Passage in the only component on the 2021-12 train that is
>>>> >>>> affected; I cannot comment on all Eclipse-distributed content in
>>>> >>>> general...
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Regards,
>>>> >>>> Ed
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> On 12.12.2021 11:04, Alexander Fedorov wrote:
>>>> >>>>> Passage Team is working to provide Eclipse Passage 2.2.1 that
>>>> will
>>>> >>>>> consume fixed logger from
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> https://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops2/I20211211225428/repository
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Ed, how could we then provide an update for released SimRel
>>>> 2021-12?
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Regards,
>>>> >>>>> AF
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> P.S. I'm really surprised to have the only component affected
>>>> >>>>> after having org.apache.*logging**.log4j 2.8.2 *published in
>>>> >>>>> Eclipse Orbit starting from 2020-09 (6 releases).
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> 12/12/2021 12:41 PM, Ed Merks пишет:
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> Just to avoid any confusion such as that which Ed Willink
>>>> >>>>>> mentioned, the
>>>> >>>>>> https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44228
>>>> >>>>>> issue is specifically about the class
>>>> >>>>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core/lookup.JndiLookup.which is not in
>>>> a
>>>> >>>>>> package provided by org.apache.*log4j *but rather in a package
>>>> >>>>>> provided by org.apache.*logging**.log4j *as illustrated here in
>>>> a
>>>> >>>>>> CBI p2 aggregator repo view:
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> Based on the analysis tool I've been developing for better
>>>> >>>>>> managing SimRel, e.g., to provide traceability and dependency
>>>> >>>>>> analysis, it's definitely the case that only Passage depends on
>>>> >>>>>> this bundle:
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> Specifically via bundle requirements (as opposed to package
>>>> >>>>>> requirements):
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> Those requirements have no upper bound, only an inclusive lower
>>>> >>>>>> bound, such that they will resolve and use any higher version of
>>>> >>>>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.  As such, installing Passage with
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> https://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops2/I20211211225428/repository
>>>> >>>>>> in the available sites and enabling to use those, does install
>>>> >>>>>> the newer version:
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> The bad news is that the RCP/RAP package contains Passage and
>>>> >>>>>> hence the bad version of the org.apache.logging.log4j bundle.
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> What's not clear is whether Passage actually logs messages whose
>>>> >>>>>> content can be externally subverted/exploited via contact to the
>>>> >>>>>> web and whether such actions are activity is actually enabled by
>>>> >>>>>> default, e.g., in the RCP/RAP package...
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> Regards,
>>>> >>>>>> Ed
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> On 11.12.2021 20:48, Gunnar Wagenknecht wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Matthias!
>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>> According to Wayne, 2.15 has already been vetted and is good
>>>> for
>>>> >>>>>>> use:
>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>> https://www.eclipse.org/lists/eclipse.org-committers/msg01333.html
>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>> -Gunnar
>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>> --
>>>> >>>>>>> Gunnar Wagenknecht
>>>> >>>>>>> gun...@wagenknecht.org, http://guw.io/
>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>> On Dec 11, 2021, at 20:36, Matthias Sohn
>>>> >>>>>>>> <matthias.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 11:35 AM Gunnar Wagenknecht
>>>> >>>>>>>> <gun...@wagenknecht.org> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>     Alexander,
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>>     On Dec 11, 2021, at 10:16, Alexander Fedorov
>>>> >>>>>>>>>     <alexander.fedo...@arsysop.ru> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>>>>     It would be great to learn vulnerability clean-up process
>>>> >>>>>>>>> with
>>>> >>>>>>>>>     Eclipse Orbit team to then apply it to Eclipse Passage.
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>     There is no Orbit team. Orbit is driven by project
>>>> committers
>>>> >>>>>>>>     using/needing libraries in Orbit.
>>>> >>>>>>>>     I encourage the Eclipse Passage project to submit a Gerrit
>>>> >>>>>>>>     review for a newer version.
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>> considering the buzz around this vulnerability I went ahead
>>>> and
>>>> >>>>>>>> pushed an update to log4j 2.15 for orbit
>>>> >>>>>>>> https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/orbit/orbit-recipes/+/188768
>>>> >>>>>>>> note that the required clearlydefined score isn't reached yet,
>>>> >>>>>>>> if this doesn't change soon
>>>> >>>>>>>> maybe someone can contribute the missing information to
>>>> >>>>>>>> clearlydefined or
>>>> >>>>>>>> we file CQs to get the license approval for the new version
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>>>     You can also try a new way as described by Mickael here:
>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.eclipse.org/lists/orbit-dev/msg05509.html
>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>
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