Synopsis: Important: log4j security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:2423-1 Issue Date: 2017-08-07 CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-5645 -- Security Fix(es): * It was found that when using remote logging with log4j socket server the log4j server would deserialize any log event received via TCP or UDP. An attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted log event that, during deserialization, would execute arbitrary code in the context of the logger application. (CVE-2017-5645) -- SL7 noarch log4j-1.2.17-16.el7_4.noarch.rpm log4j-javadoc-1.2.17-16.el7_4.noarch.rpm log4j-manual-1.2.17-16.el7_4.noarch.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team