Mitigating the log4j exploit

Change-Id: Ia0042bb960a3b28ef358c4dc2d02fbcf98aae727
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6ece8e7..e8f6dcd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.17
+2.8.18
diff --git a/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml b/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml
index 675981f..d1c395b 100644
--- a/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml
+++ b/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 name: voltha-infra
 
 appVersion: "2.8"
-version: 2.8.2
+version: 2.8.3
 
 dependencies:
   - name: onos-classic
diff --git a/voltha-infra/values.yaml b/voltha-infra/values.yaml
index 24489fa..88b2094 100644
--- a/voltha-infra/values.yaml
+++ b/voltha-infra/values.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     -XX:-UseContainerSupport
     -Dkaraf.log.console=INFO
     -Dds.lock.timeout.milliseconds=10000
+    -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true
   atomix:
     replicas: 0
     persistence: