CVE-2021-29428

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-29428
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-13 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-10-20 14:35:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Gradle before version 7.0, on Unix-like systems, the system temporary directory can be created with open permissions that allow multiple users to create and delete files within it. Gradle builds could be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation from an attacker quickly deleting and recreating files in the system temporary directory. This vulnerability impacted builds using precompiled script plugins written in Kotlin DSL and tests for Gradle plugins written using ProjectBuilder or TestKit. If you are on Windows or modern versions of macOS, you are not vulnerable. If you are on a Unix-like operating system with the "sticky" bit set on your system temporary directory, you are not vulnerable. The problem has been patched and released with Gradle 7.0. As a workaround, on Unix-like operating systems, ensure that the "sticky" bit is set. This only allows the original user (or root) to delete a file. If you are unable to change the permissions of the system temporary directory, you can move the Java temporary directory by setting the System Property `java.io.tmpdir`. The new path needs to limit permissions to the build user only. For additional details refer to the referenced GitHub Security Advisory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-378 | CWE-379

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gradle Gradle All All All All
Application Quarkus Quarkus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Local privilege escalation through system temporary directory · Advisory · gradle/gradle · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Refactor temporary directory usages by JLLeitschuh · Pull Request #15654 · gradle/gradle · GitHub MISC github.com
Refactor uses & creation of temp files/dirs to use unified API by JLLeitschuh · Pull Request #15240 · gradle/gradle · GitHub MISC github.com
Gradle 7.0 Release Notes MISC docs.gradle.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 753917 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gradle (SUSE-SU-2023:1867-1)
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