CVE-2020-9493: Apache Chainsaw: Java deserialization in Chainsaw

Robert Middleton <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:49:04 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.apache.logging
Message-ID	<CAKpcJVbDoQ0w0E950+0NUxKzLX6NT-hKFKadC=fRdU7o+WQU_A@mail.gmail.com>

Description:

A deserialization flaw was found in Apache Chainsaw versions prior to
2.1.0 which could lead to malicious code execution.

Mitigation:

Don't configure Chainsaw to read serialized log events.  Use a
different receiver, such as XMLSocketReceiver

Credit:

This issue was reported by @kingkk