Current Description
Jenkins 2.73.1 and earlier, 2.83 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library with the vulnerability CVE-2012-6153 that incorrectly verified SSL certificates, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. This library is widely used as a transitive dependency in Jenkins plugins. The fix for CVE-2012-6153 was backported to the version of commons-httpclient that is bundled in core and made available to plugins.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
01/25/2018
View Analysis Description
Analysis Description
Jenkins 2.73.1 and earlier, 2.83 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library with the vulnerability CVE-2012-6153 that incorrectly verified SSL certificates, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. This library is widely used as a transitive dependency in Jenkins plugins. The fix for CVE-2012-6153 was backported to the version of commons-httpclient that is bundled in core and made available to plugins.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
01/25/2018
Impact
CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
5.9 MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
(V3 legend)
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
2.2
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
None
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
4.3 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
Access Vector (AV):
Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Medium
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
Partial
Availability (A):
None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification
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Technical Details
Vulnerability Type
(View All)
- Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)
Change History
1 change record found
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Initial Analysis -
2/8/2018 9:04:23 AM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
|
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.73.1
*cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.83 |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) |
| Added |
CVSS V3 |
|
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| Added |
CWE |
|
CWE-295 |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-10-11/ No Types Assigned |
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-10-11/ Vendor Advisory |