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CVE-2020-9488 Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender

Description

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

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Apache Log4j 2.12 earliest → < 2.12.3 2.12.3
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