SB2020050701 - Spoofing attack in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
Published: May 7, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020050701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11690)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the license server could be resolved to an untrusted host in some cases. A remote attacker can spoof origin of the license server and execute arbitrary code on the host connected to a malicious instance.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.