ID:1807 - Exploit for LDAP injection in Jenkins - CVE-2016-9299

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:1807 - Exploit for LDAP injection in Jenkins - CVE-2016-9299

ID:1807 - Exploit for LDAP injection in Jenkins - CVE-2016-9299

Published: March 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5852
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9299
CWE-ID: CWE-90
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Jenkins

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the flaw in the remoting module when handling malicious objects. A remote attacker can transfer a specially crafted serialized Java object to the Jenkins CLI, make Jenkins connect to an attacker-controlled LDAP server, bypass existing protection mechanisms and execute arbitrary code on vulnerable system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code excution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.



Remediation

Update Jenkins LTS to version 2.19.3.
Update Jenkins to version 2.32.