high7.0
CVE-2020-17534
Improper synchronization in Apache Netbeans HTML/Java API
Impact
There exists a race condition between the deletion of the temporary file and the creation of the temporary directory in `webkit` subproject of HTML/Java API version 1.7. A similar vulnerability has recently been disclosed in other Java projects and the fix in HTML/Java API version 1.7.1 follows theirs: To avoid local privilege escalation version 1.7.1 creates the temporary directory atomically without dealing with the temporary file.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.netbeans.html:pom | < 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apache | Html\/Java Api | Version 1.7 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra6119c0cdfccf051a846fa11b61364f5df9e7db93c310706a947f86a%40%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ppc3-fpvh-7396
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17534
- https://github.com/apache/netbeans-html4j/commit/fa70e507e5555e1adb4f6518479fc408a7abd0e6