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In response to "Holy crap. There’s a lot of panicking small businesses today. -- nm" by spamlet

so what's the issue? dumb it down for someone who hasn't read anything about this please -- nm

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Dec 14 '21, 06:15

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A java logging library has a vulnerability. Basically ANY end user data logged by a system can cause the library to do a "java thing" and ask a - oblique Dec 14, 06:18 10
- Not dumb enough for me. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 06:19 9
  - heh, word -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 06:31 1
    - The master key to the bank vault door is available online, so they cemented the door to the bank instead. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 14, 06:35
  - bad code lets bad people steal all the personal sh!t from lots of sites or shut those sites down using ransomware -- nm - decline Dec 14, 06:24 4
    - you just described the entire internet -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 06:25 3
      - Right? This seems like a very level one type of problem. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 06:31 2
        
        There’s an exploit found in one of the foundational languages of the Internet. Everyone with Java is highly vulnerable, so just about e’eyone. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 06:43 1
        
        Don't mind me. I knew we were all fucked. -- nm - e’eyone the donkey Dec 14, 08:39
  - Any data written to a log can cause the logging server to ask to be taken over - oblique Dec 14, 06:23
  - Everything done in a system is logged. The logs have a vulnerability. You do something, it’s logged, it executes anything you want it too -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 06:22

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