Support Core Plugin up to 2.63 on Jenkins Permission path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Support Core Plugin up to 2.63 on Jenkins. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Permission. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-16540. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Support Core Plugin up to 2.63 on Jenkins (Jenkins Plugin). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Support Core Plugin 2.63 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to delete arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.

The weakness was disclosed 11/21/2019 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-16540 since 09/20/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Jenkins Plugin

Name

• Support Core Plugin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45
• 2.46
• 2.47
• 2.48
• 2.49
• 2.50
• 2.51
• 2.52
• 2.53
• 2.54
• 2.55
• 2.56
• 2.57
• 2.58
• 2.59
• 2.60
• 2.61
• 2.62
• 2.63

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