Timing Attack Affecting org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core package, versions [,2.204.2) [2.205,2.219)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIMAIN-3175882
  • published 20 Dec 2022
  • disclosed 24 May 2022
  • credit Jesse Glick, CloudBees, Inc. and, independently, Wasin Saengow

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to version 2.204.2, 2.219 or higher.

Overview

org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core is an open source automation server.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack due to a missing usage of a constant-time comparison validating for connection secret when an inbound TCP agent connection is initiated. Exploiting this vulnerability allows attackers to use statistical methods to obtain the connection secret.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

5.3 medium
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Red Hat

5.3 medium