Security Bulletin: As mitigation for CVE-2020-1945 Apache Ant 1.10.8 changed the permissions of temporary files it created so that only the current user was allowed to access them

Summary

As mitigation for CVE-2020-1945 Apache Ant 1.10.8 changed the permissions of temporary files it created so that only the current user was allowed to access them. This primarily affects the usage of the agent’s bundled ANT_HOME libraries.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-11979
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Ant could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an insecure temporary file flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject modified source files into the build process.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189164 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Update server and agents to 7.1.2.0, 6.2.7.10, 7.0.5.5 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None