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False Positive on log4j-api / log4j-web - CVE-2021-44832 #3936

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False positive on log4j-api-2.17.0.jar - reported as (pkg:maven/org.apache.logging.log4j/[email protected], cpe:2.3:a:apache:log4j:2.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) : CVE-2021-44832

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.17.0</version>
</dependency>

A false postive declaration per CVE has been added to log4j-api & log4j-web. We should also exclude CVE-2021-44832.

https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/blob/36d4307f78741be2b6879280a29a09c25054da90/core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml#L7

I will submit a PR.

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