JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA up to 2019.2 HTTP certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA up to 2019.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes certificate validation (HTTP). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-7904. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA up to 2019.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability (HTTP). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2019.3, some Maven repositories were accessed via HTTP instead of HTTPS.

The weakness was presented 01/30/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.jetbrains.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-7904 since 01/22/2020. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2019.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-149564, VDB-149566, VDB-149567 and VDB-149568 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploitinginfo

Name: HTTP
Class: Certificate validation / HTTP
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IntelliJ IDEA 2019.3

Timelineinfo

01/22/2020 🔍
01/30/2020 +8 days 🔍
01/31/2020 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.jetbrains.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-7904 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7904
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149563
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/31/2020 07:34
Updated: 01/31/2020 07:39
Changes: 01/31/2020 07:34 (41), 01/31/2020 07:39 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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