CVE-2017-1000397 MitM on Jenkins Maven Plugin

What is CVE-2017-1000397?

CVE-2017-1000397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins Maven Plugin 2.17 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library with the vulnerability CVE-2012-6153 that incorrectly verified SSL certificates, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Maven Plugin 3.0 no longer has a dependency on commons-httpclient.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000397?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:maven-plugin. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Maven.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000397?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:maven-plugin to 3.0 or later.

Is CVE-2017-1000397 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000397 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2019-16550 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jenkins Maven Release Plugin High 8.8
• CVE-2019-16549 Jenkins Maven Release Plug-in Plugin XXE vulnerability High 8.1
• CVE-2019-10358 Maven Integration Plugin did not mask sensitive values in module build logs Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qhxw-54m9-6wwc.