{"id":70,"date":"2021-12-17T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T15:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.1.214\/?p=70"},"modified":"2026-11-04T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:38:35","slug":"log4j-virus-dont-worry-you-are-safe-with-patton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/17\/log4j-virus-dont-worry-you-are-safe-with-patton\/","title":{"rendered":"Log4j Virus: Don&#8217;t Worry, You Are Safe with Patton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everybody seems to be worried about the latest computer malware threat, commonly known as Log4j.&nbsp; The official name for the vulnerability is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CVE-2021-44228.<\/a>&nbsp;The bug was first discovered on 9 December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/log4j-blog-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3;width:900px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/log4j-blog-banner.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/log4j-blog-banner-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/log4j-blog-banner-768x256.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Critical Java Susceptibility Log4j<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exploiting a weakness in java-based software, the virus allows hackers to potentially access servers remotely and execute arbitrary code\u2014essentially taking control of a server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Patton products and the Patton Cloud are immune to the Log4j malware.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patton SmartNode VoIP&nbsp;gateways, session border controllers, software, hardware, virtual CPE, and the Patton Cloud were designed&nbsp;and developed without JAVA. That means they are clean and clear of susceptibility to the Log4j threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Patton products and services do NOT use JAVA so they are NOT susceptible to the Log4j computer virus.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, don&#8217;t worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You made the right decision when you chose Patton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best Regards<br>PATTON Technical Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody seems to be worried about the latest computer malware threat, commonly known as Log4j.&nbsp; The official name for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsflash","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}