SB2019061102 - MitM attack in Grails
Published: June 11, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019061102
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 security vulnerability.
1) Cleartext transmission of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12728)
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.