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CVE-2020-11979

As mitigation for CVE-2020-1945 Apache Ant 1.10.8 changed the permissions of temporary files it created so that only the current user was allowed to access them. Unfortunately the fixcrlf task dele...

Published: Oct 1, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-379
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
8.1%
Top 5.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Code injection in Apache Ant

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-379NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

org.apache.ant:antMavenOSS Libraries
antapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
gradlegradle
Library
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
agile engineering data managementoracle
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / erp
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
gradleoss-projectDevTools & CIaka enterprise, build cache node
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories/GHSA-j45w-qrgf-25vm
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11979
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/apache/ant/commit/87ac51d3c22bcf7cfd0dc07cb0bd04a496e0d428
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 1, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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