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Steps for the deployment of the hotfix for Log4j 1.x vulnerabilities in Quark Publishing Platform

Background: Log4Shell vulnerable jars were found, which may trigger false positives in vulnerability scanners, below hotfix will fix the same.

Applies: Quark Publishing Platform 14.x (QPP)
Solution: Below are instructions to apply the hotfix in the Quark Publishing Platform: 
 
  1. Stop QPP Server and ensure that there are no instances of QPP Server running in the task manager.
  2. Replacing Old jar files with new jar files:
    1. Navigate to the folder “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\dependencies”. Example: C:\Program Files\Quark\Quark Publishing Platform\Server\dependencies
    2. Take a backup of the following jars : log4j-1.2.17.jar , slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar and slf4j-log4j12-1.7.12.jar. present in “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\dependencies”.
    3. Delete the following jars from following locations :  
          1. log4j-1.2.17.jar , slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar and slf4j-log4j12-1.7.12.jar present in “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\dependencies”.
          2. log4j-1.2.17.jar from “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\Database\sqlserver\Update\lib”. if exists
          3. log4j-1.2.17.jar from “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\Database\oracle\Update\lib”. if exists.
    4. Copy below jar files from the folder “Log4j_1.2.19_HotFix\Log4J_1.2.19” of the provided hotfix to following locations : 
        1. Copy reload4j-1.2.19.jar to “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\dependencies”.
        2. Copy slf4j-api-1.7.35.jar to “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\dependencies”.
        3. Copy slf4j-reload4j-1.7.35.jar to “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\dependencies”.
        4. Copy reload4j-1.2.19.jar to “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\Database\sqlserver\Update\lib”, if exists.
        5. Copy reload4j-1.2.19.jar to “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\Database\oracle\Update\lib, if exists.
  3. Modify wrapper.conf to adhere the new version of log4j and slf4j jar files:
                a) Take backup of wrapper.conf placed at “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\”    
                 E.g.C:\Program Files\Quark\Quark Publishing Platform\ Server\wrapper.conf
             b) Edit wrapper.conf placed at “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\” and Search for the following:
                     i)Search for text log4j-1.2.17.jar and replace it with reload4j-1.2.19.jar
                    ii)Search for text slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar and replace it with slf4j-api-1.7.35.jar.
                   iii)Search for text slf4j-log4j12-1.7.12.jar and replace it with slf4j-reload4j-1.7.35.jar. 
 
4. Start QPP Server and verify the logging being going on in the log files placed at “[$Quark Publishing Platform Installation]\log\” folder.
                          
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  1. Priyanka Bhotika

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