Insecure Encryption Affecting org.apache.nifi:nifi-utils package, versions [,1.14.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHENIFI-1081479
  • published 15 Mar 2021
  • disclosed 17 Jan 2021
  • credit David Handermann

Introduced: 17 Jan 2021

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-310 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.nifi:nifi-utils to version 1.14.0 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.nifi:nifi-utils is a system to process and distribute data.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Encryption. A few NiFi framework classes use the MD5 algorithm for determining whether file contents have changed. This algorithm is known for having several security issues.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None