CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-17560

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Mar 30, 2020 | Modified: Jan 27, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Apache NetBeans autoupdate system does not validate SSL certificates and hostnames for https based downloads. This allows an attacker to intercept downloads of autoupdates and modify the download, potentially injecting malicious code. “Apache NetBeans versions up to and including 11.2 are affected by this vulnerability.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Netbeans Apache * 11.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References