CNcntlzw·Dec 22, 2021Submission
Amazon Linux Hotpatch for Apache Log4j Needs a Patch
3 points · Open discussioncorretto
hotpatch-for-apache-log4j2
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hotpatch-for-apache-log4j2
An agent to hotpatch the log4j RCE from CVE-2021-44228.
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An agent to hotpatch the log4j RCE from CVE-2021-44228.
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5 sourcesAWS injected bad code into customer run Java apps
16 points · Open discussionAWS’s Hotpatch Agent for Log4j
1 points · Open discussionShoot me an email -- we are also offering this "live patching" idea as a service now (due to Log4Shell). free at lunasec daht io (or use the contact form on https://www.lunasec.io instead)
It's just a Java dependency that you add to your classpath. Under the hood, it regularly checks for patches, and then live updates to patch a vulnerability (like Log4Shell) without you ever needing to do anything. The Open Source release is still a WIP (the Golang one here is a subset) but we have some paying customers for it already. Log4Shell has really accelerated the number of people asking us for this though!
Edit: We're offering basically this[0] project but commercially supported and, when the next Log4Shell happens, it'll patch your usage automatically.
0: https://github.com/corretto/hotpatch-for-apache-log4j2
In Log4Shell update: second Log4j vulnerability publishedA Java based hotpatch for the Log4Shell vulnerability (log4j2 CVE)
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