Discover Open Source & Log4j

[Jayshreepatel]

Does  Flexera have a paper on the  discovery of Open Source Software & in particular for Log4J

[mfranz · Accepted solution]

There is a great article on how to use the FNMS agent file scan to identify problematic log4j files: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Blog/Finding-installations-of-Apache-Log4j-or-other-files-on/ba-p/217513

This might have limits if OSS is highly integrated, like code-wise.

[mfranz · Accepted solution]

There is a great article on how to use the FNMS agent file scan to identify problematic log4j files: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Blog/Finding-installations-of-Apache-Log4j-or-other-files-on/ba-p/217513

This might have limits if OSS is highly integrated, like code-wise.

[Jayshreepatel]

Thank you 

[ChrisG · Accepted solution]

Here are some other resources related to Log4j that you may find interesting reading:

• Apache Log4j 2, Flexera and you
• Identifying Apache Log4j JNDI Vulnerability “Log4Shell” and Variants (CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-45105, CVE-2021-4104)
• What you need to know about the Log4j security vulnerability

In terms of discovery of open source software components that are included in other software, the following info may be helpful: What is Software Composition Analysis?