Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Eclipse Buildship - CVE-2019-11770

 

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Eclipse Buildship - CVE-2019-11770

Published: January 13, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24204
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11770
CWE-ID: CWE-829
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Eclipse
Affected software:
Eclipse Buildship

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-11770

Install updates from vendor's website.

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