Timing Attack Affecting org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core package, versions [,1.642.2)[1.643,1.650)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIMAIN-32265
  • published13 May 2018
  • disclosed24 Feb 2016
  • creditJames Nord

Introduced: 24 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0791  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to versions 1.642.2, 1.650 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 not using a constant-time algorithm to verify CSRF tokens, an attacker could bypass a CSRF protection mechanism via a brute-force approach.

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