Here are the relevant places in the sources:

https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/master/ide/html.validation/external/binaries-list

https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/master/ide/html.validation/external/log4j-1.2.15-license.txt

I don't see anywhere else, i.e., it's used in the HTML editor for
validation, looks like.

Gj

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 4:24 PM Geertjan Wielenga <
geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Indeed, that's a different vulnerability and, indeed, we do need to
> upgrade to the latest release of log4j.
>
> Gj
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 4:21 PM Humphrey Clerx <hcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The log4j2 security page also clearly states:
>>
>> "Please note that Log4j 1.x has reached End of Life in 2015 and is no
>> longer supported. Vulnerabilities reported after August 2015 against Log4j
>> 1.x were not checked and will not be fixed. Users should upgrade to Log4j 2
>> to obtain security fixes."
>>
>> And there is a security vulnerability present in log4j 1.x,
>> CVE-2019-17571 <https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-17571/> that
>> might need addressing in NetBeans. This is stated on the following page:
>>
>>  - https://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/
>>
>> Greets,
>>     Humphrey.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 2:21 PM Geertjan Wielenga
>> <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> We've looked for "log4j" in the NetBeans 12.6 binaries, as follows:
>>>
>>> --
>>> nb16$ find . -type f | grep -i log4j
>>> ./extide/ant/lib/ant-apache-log4j.jar
>>> ./ide/modules/ext/log4j-1.2.15.jar
>>> --
>>>
>>> So, we ship "log41-1.2.15.jar" with the binaries and, quoting the official
>>> source [1]:
>>>
>>> "Log4j 1.x is not impacted by this vulnerability."
>>>
>>> (where "this vulnerability" means
>>> https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44832).
>>>
>>> Hope it helps,
>>>
>>> Gj
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 10:33 PM <ashley.ding...@wellsfargo.com.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can the following questions be confirmed for NetBeans?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Which versions of your products utilize Log4j 1.x, if any?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Do they utilize the JMSAppender or SocketServer classes?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Do you have any mitigation options available for addressing both
>>>>    CVE-2019-17571 and CVE-2021-4104?
>>>>
>>>> https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17571
>>>>
>>>> https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4104
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Would it impact the product if we deleted both the
>>>>       net/JMSAppender.class and net/SocketServer.class from the Log4j 1.x 
>>>> JAR
>>>>       itself?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Can you provide a roadmap of when you plan to move Log4j version
>>>>    2.15 or higher?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ashley Dingman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain - Nietzsche
>> #-------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
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