Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Sonar Gerrit plugin for Jenkins



Published: 2019-10-24
Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-10467
CWE-ID CWE-312
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Sonar Gerrit
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor Jenkins

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information

EUVDB-ID: #VU22262

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10467

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to view the password on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores a credential unencrypted in job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master if the "Override Credentials" option is used. A remote authenticated user with Extended Read permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Sonar Gerrit: 1.0 - 2.3

External links

http://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-10-23/#SECURITY-1003


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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