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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello All, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tableau has informed us of security vulnerability requiring updates to their software. If you’re interested, you can read about it in their Knowledge Base Article:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="https://kb.tableau.com/articles/issue/Apache-Log4j2-vulnerability-Log4shell?utm_campaign=2020225_EGCustService_TRANS_USCA_en-US_2021-12-15_T1-log4j_update&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Eloqua&domain=mit.edu&eid=CTBLS000008773247&elqTrackId=4489b8d324b14d25adfa0356b5546712&elq=e5f415fa53c34e328b0c8bc1fe15a056&elqaid=53231&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=52414"><span style="color:#F58220">Apache
Log4j2 vulnerability (Log4shell)</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333">To address this vulnerability, Tableau has rolled out updates for several of their latest versions. It is recommended to stay with our server version. To do
so, you’ll need to upgrade to <a href="https://www.tableau.com/support/releases/desktop/2021.1.9">
Tableau 2021.1.9</a>. If you’re on another version, it is recommended to update to a version containing the update. Downloads can be found here:
<a href="https://www.tableau.com/support/releases">https://www.tableau.com/support/releases</a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Versions released Dec 15, 2021 and later should have the patch.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">There should be a note under the Resolved Issues stating:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Contains updates to Log4J 2.15.0 to mitigate against CVE-2021-44228<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">If you have questions, or have issues upgrading your Tableau Desktop application, let us know at:
<a href="mailto:tableau-help@mit.edu">tableau-help@mit.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">George Roch</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Business Intelligence Analyst</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#7F0000">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Phone: 617-324-1140</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Email: </span></b><a href="mailto:g_roch@mit.edu"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">g_roch@mit.edu</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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