SB2019061102 - MitM attack in Grails
Published: June 11, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019061102
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cleartext transmission of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12728)
CWE-ID: CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the application used cleartext HTTP to resolve the SDKMan notification service. A remote attacker with ability to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack can compromise the affected system by modifying data, passed over HTTP channel.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.