CVE-2020-17534
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-17534 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2021-01-11 16:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2021-01-20 15:57:00 UTC |
| 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 |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-362
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Apache | Html/java Api | 1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Apache | Html/java Api | 1.7 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pony Mail! | MISC | lists.apache.org | Mailing List, Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.