Log4j RCE: Emergency patch issued to plug critical auth-free code execution hole in widely-used logging utility [Mon Dec 13 2021]

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Log4j RCE: Emergency patch issued to plug critical auth-free code execution hole in widely-used logging utility

Log4j RCE: Emergency patch issued to plug critical auth-free code execution hole in widely-used logging utility

Prepare to have a very busy weekend of mitigating and patching

 

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Log4j RCE: Emergency patch issued to plug critical auth-free code execution hole in widely-used logging utility

Prepare to have a very busy weekend of mitigating and patching

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Another Debian dust-up with Firefox dependencies – but there is an annoying and awkward workaround

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