QID 982990

QID 982990: Java (maven) Security Update for org.opencastproject:base (GHSA-w29m-fjp4-qhmq)

Security update has been released for org.opencastproject:base to fix the vulnerability.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Opencast allows almost arbitrary identifiers for media packages and
elements to be used. This can be problematic for operation and security
since such identifiers are sometimes used for file system operations
which may lead to an attacker being able to escape working directories and
write files to other locations.

In addition, Opencast's Id.toString() vs Id.compact() behavior,
the latter trying to mitigate some of the file system problems, can
cause errors due to identifier mismatch since an identifier may
unintentionally change.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    This issue is fixed in Opencast 7.6 and 8.1.Workaround:
    There is no workaround for this.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 982990

    CVE-2020-5230 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-w29m-fjp4-qhmq org.opencastproject:base URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-w29m-fjp4-qhmq
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