Vulnerability Remediation
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Lingoport's Response to Major Software Vulnerabilities
Apache Log4j Security Vulnerabilities
A major security vulnerability allowing for remote code execution on affected systems.
See: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
Lingoport Response
Pending further action, Lingoport has shut down all non-critical systems.
Critical systems have been patched to remove all copies of log4j 2.x with log4j 2.17.1 followed by a hard reboot.
For Lingoport Clients
The below scripts may be used in conjunction to replace all log4j 2.x with log4j 2.17.1.
1. Remove previous patch files, if any
If you applied patches previously, you may have log4j 2.15, 2.16, or 2.17.0 files. They are likely under the /tmp directory, as per our instructions.
- Navigate to /tmp
cd /tmp
- Remove the files. For instance,
ls apache-log4j*.zip rm apache-log4j*.zip rm -rf /tmp/apache-log4j-2.15.0-bin/ rm -rf /tmp/apache-log4j-2.16.0-bin/ rm -rf /tmp/apache-log4j-2.17.0-bin/
If previous patches were not applied, this step is not necessary.
2. Check the status of your system before the fix
Check if your system is vulnerable with the following script, which will search your system for vulnerable libraries.
This script is designed to be run as root, or via sudo:
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run $0 as root"
exit
fi
while read -r log4j_jar ; do
if [[ -z "$log4j_jar" ]] ; then
continue
fi
if [[ "$log4j_jar" == *"-2.17.1"* ]] ; then
echo "Up to date: $log4j_jar"
continue
fi
if [[ "$log4j_jar" == *"-1."* ]] ; then
echo "1.x - safe: $log4j_jar"
continue
fi
if unzip -l "$log4j_jar" | grep -q JndiLookup.class ; then
echo "Vulnerable: $log4j_jar"
else
echo "Outdated: $log4j_jar"
fi
done <<< "$(find / -name 'log4j*.jar')"
3. Retrieve log4j 2.17.1
cd /tmp/ curl -O https://dlcdn.apache.org/logging/log4j/2.17.1/apache-log4j-2.17.1-bin.zip unzip apache-log4j-2.17.1-bin.zip
4. Replace other log4j instances on your system with 2.17.1
The following script will replace vulnerable log4j libraries with 2.17.1. It searches your system for the vulnerable libraries, and replaces any that are found.
This script is designed to be run as root or via sudo.
#!/bin/bash
set -e
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run $0 as root"
exit
fi
strip_version() {
target="$1"
echo "$target" | sed -E 's|-[0-9.]+.jar|-|'
}
note_not_replaced() {
target="$1"
if unzip -l "$log4j_jar" | grep -q JndiLookup.class ; then
echo >&2 "unable to replace vulnerable $log4j_jar"
exit_="1"
else
echo >&2 "unable to replace $log4j_jar (note: vuln not detected)"
fi
}
if [[ ! -d /tmp/apache-log4j-2.17.1-bin/ ]] ; then
echo >&2 "Please retrieve apache log4j 2.17.1 and unzip it in /tmp before running this script"
exit 1
fi
while read -r log4j_jar ; do
if [[ -z "$log4j_jar" ]] ; then
continue
fi
if [[ "$log4j_jar" == *"-2.17.1"* ]] ; then
echo "Up to date: $log4j_jar"
continue
fi
if [[ "$log4j_jar" =~ .*-1([0-9.]+).jar ]] ; then
echo "1.x - safe: $log4j_jar"
continue
fi
if [[ "$log4j_jar" =~ .*\/log4j[^0-9]*(slf4j)?[^0-9]*.jar ]] ; then
if unzip -l "$log4j_jar" | grep -q JndiLookup.class ; then
echo >&2 Cannot replace vulnerable versionless "$log4j_jar"
export exit_=1
continue
fi
echo "ignoring versionless: $log4j_jar"
continue
fi
if [[ "$log4j_jar" =~ .*\/log4j[^-]*[0-9.]+.jar ]] ; then
if unzip -l "$log4j_jar" | grep -q JndiLookup.class ; then
echo >&2 Cannot replace vulnerable strange-versioned "$log4j_jar"
export exit_=1
continue
fi
echo "ignoring strange-versioned: $log4j_jar"
continue
fi
user_group="$(stat -c "%U:%G" "$log4j_jar")"
without_version="$(strip_version "$log4j_jar")"
patched_jar="$(basename "$without_version")2.17.1.jar"
base_dir="$(dirname "$log4j_jar")"
echo "replace $log4j_jar ($user_group) - with $patched_jar"
set -x
cp /tmp/apache-log4j-2.17.1-bin/"$patched_jar" "$base_dir" || {
set +x
note_not_replaced "$log4j_jar"
continue
}
chown "$user_group" "$base_dir/$patched_jar"
mv "$log4j_jar" "$log4j_jar.orig.vulnerable"
set +x
done <<< "$(find / -name 'log4j*.jar')"
if [[ "${exit_}" == "1" ]] ; then
echo "Failed!"
exit 1
fi
5. Check the status after the fix
You may wish to run the check script from #2 a second time to validate the fix. Please note that the log4j 1.x are being worked on for our upcoming release (codename 'Ireland').
6. Please reboot your system
Reboot your system after replacing your libraries. This will ensure that the patch becomes fully effective.
FATAL: Could not initialize class com.lingoport.common.velocity.LingoportVelocityWriter
In versions prior to Ireland, if the console output of a Localyzer project shows the following type of error:
FATAL: Could not initialize class com.lingoport.common.velocity.LingoportVelocityWriter
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.lingoport.common.velocity.LingoportVelocityWriter
at com.lingoport.plugins.jenkinsgyzrlrmplugin.BuildLRM.saveProjectSettings(BuildLRM.java:860)
or if the error is like:
FATAL: org/apache/log4j/Logger
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.Logger
at jenkins.util.AntClassLoader.findClassInComponents(AntClassLoader.java:1393)
at jenkins.util.AntClassLoader.findClass(AntClassLoader.java:1348)
at jenkins.util.AntClassLoader.loadClass(AntClassLoader.java:1094)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
Caused: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/Logger
at com.lingoport.common.velocity.LingoportVelocityWriter.<clinit>(LingoportVelocityWriter.java:45)
it is likely that a Log4j is actually missing from the classpath. In that case,
copy the lingoport/LRM-server-xx/lib/log4j-x.y.z.jar to /var/lib/jenkins/plugins/jenkins-gyzr-lrm-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/.
This should only happen with versions prior to Ireland.
