Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions in gradle - CVE-2021-29428

Vulnerability identifier: #VU63476

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29428

CWE-ID: CWE-378

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to quickly deleting and recreating files in the system temporary directory. A local user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.

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Install updates from vendor's website.

gradle - update to 7.0.0
gradle - update to 4.4.1-150200.3.7.1

• https://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories/GHSA-89qm-pxvm-p336
• https://docs.gradle.org/7.0/release-notes.html#security-advisories
• https://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/15240
• https://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/15654

• SUSE update for gradle