Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Eclipse Buildship - CVE-2019-11770
Published: January 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24204
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11770
CWE-ID: CWE-829
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected project is resolving dependencies over HTTP instead of HTTPS. A remote attacker in the man-in-the-middle position can maliciously compromise any of these artifacts and infect the build artifacts that were produced.
Affected software
Eclipse Buildship
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11770
Install updates from vendor's website.
Eclipse Buildship - update to 3.1.1