[LOG4J2-1310] JndiLookup mindlessly casts to String and should use String.valueOf()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.6
• Component/s: Lookups
• Assignee: Matt Sicker
• Reporter: Matt Sicker
• Created: 08/Mar/16 17:17
• Updated: 08/Mar/16 17:24
• Resolved: 08/Mar/16 17:24

Description

The value returned from Context.lookup() is cast to String which can cause problems if the value is, well, anything else.