High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-17534
CVE-2020-17534
Description
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: https://github.com/apache/netbeans-html4j/commit/fa70e507e5555e1adb4f6518479fc408a7abd0e6
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.netbeans.html:pomMaven | < 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 |
Affected products
2- HTML/Java API/HTML/Java APIdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/advisories/GHSA-ppc3-fpvh-7396ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17534ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/apache/netbeans-html4j/commit/fa70e507e5555e1adb4f6518479fc408a7abd0e6ghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra6119c0cdfccf051a846fa11b61364f5df9e7db93c310706a947f86a%40%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3Eghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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