CVE-2019-11065 Insecure transport protocol in Gradle

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Attackers can compromise dependencies via MITM when using insecure HTTP URLs in Gradle JavaScript or CoffeeScript plugins.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-11065?

CVE-2019-11065 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Gradle versions from 1.4 to 5.3.1 use an insecure HTTP URL to download dependencies when the built-in JavaScript or CoffeeScript Gradle plugins are used. Dependency artifacts could have been maliciously compromised by a MITM attack against the ajax.googleapis.com web site.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11065?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.gradle:gradle-core. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.gradle:gradle-core MavenFrom 1.45.4.0
org.gradle:gradle-core MavenFrom 1.45.4.0

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gradle Gradle.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11065?

Upgrade org.gradle:gradle-core to 5.4.0 or later.

Is CVE-2019-11065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11065, GHSA-pprq-4488-wgqx, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11065.

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