The Log4j vulnerability | The Backend Engineering Show
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In this episode of the backend engineering show, I discuss the log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228 also known as log4shell) that took the Internet by storm.
0:00 Intro
1:00 log4j
5:30 How the attack started
11:00 Attack with DNS
17:00 Remote Code Execution
23:00 Remedy
31:00 Scanning
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44228
https://youtu.be/oC2PZB5D3Ys
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