SB2020070319 - Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Jenkins White Source plugin
Published: July 3, 2020 Updated: October 12, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020070319
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2213)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to view the password on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores credentials in plain text as part of its global configuration file "org.whitesource.jenkins.pipeline.WhiteSourcePipelineStep.xml" and job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master. A remote user with Extended Read permission (in the case of job config.xml files) or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.