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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2014.0020
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Atlassian JIRA
27 February 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Atlassian JIRA
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Create Arbitrary Files -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Unauthorised Access -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Member content until: Saturday, March 29 2014
OVERVIEW
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Atlassian JIRA up
to and including version 6.1.3.
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding the issues:
"Issue 1: Path traversal in JIRA Issue Collector plugin (Windows only)
Severity
Atlassian rates the severity level of this vulnerability as critical,
according to the scale published in Severity Levels for Security
Issues. The scale allows us to rank the severity as critical, high,
moderate or low.
This is an independent assessment and you should evaluate its
applicability to your own IT environment.
Description
We have identified and fixed a vulnerability in JIRA which allowed
unauthenticated users to create files in any valid directory inside a
JIRA install. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker
requires access to your JIRA web interface.
This issue only affects JIRA servers running on Windows OS. It is not
exploitable on Linux and OSX systems.
The vulnerability affects all supported versions of JIRA up to and
including 6.0.3. It has been fixed in 6.0.4. The issue is tracked in
JRA-36442 - Path traversal in JIRA Issue Collector plugin (Windows only)
RESOLVED.
Our thanks to Philippe Arteau of Groupe Technologies Desjardins who
reported this vulnerability." [1]
"Issue 2: Path traversal in JIRA Importers plugin (Windows only)
Severity
Atlassian rates the severity level of this vulnerability as critical,
according to the scale published in Severity Levels for Security
Issues. The scale allows us to rank the severity as critical, high,
moderate or low.
This is an independent assessment and you should evaluate its
applicability to your own IT environment.
Description
We have identified and fixed a vulnerability in JIRA which allowed
unauthenticated users to create files in any valid directory inside a
JIRA install. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker
requires access to your JIRA web interface.
This issue only affects JIRA servers running on Windows OS. It is not
exploitable on Linux and OSX systems.
The vulnerability affects all supported versions of JIRA up to and
including 6.0.4. It has been fixed in 6.0.5. The issue is tracked in
JRA-36441 - Path traversal in JIRA Importers plugin (Windows only)
RESOLVED." [2]
"Issue 3: Privilege escalation
Severity
Atlassian rates the severity level of this vulnerability as critical,
according to the scale published in Severity Levels for Security
Issues. The scale allows us to rank the severity as critical, high,
moderate or low.
This is an independent assessment and you should evaluate its
applicability to your own IT environment.
Description
We have identified and fixed a vulnerability in JIRA which allowed
unauthenticated attackers to commit actions on behalf of any other
authorised user. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker
requires access to your JIRA web interface.
The vulnerability affects all supported versions of JIRA up to and
including 6.1.3. It has been fixed in 6.1.4. The issue is tracked in
JRA-35797 - Privilege escalation RESOLVED." [1]
MITIGATION
The vendor recommends updating to the latest version of JIRA to
correct this vulnerability.
REFERENCES
[1] JIRA Security Advisory 2014-02-26
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2014-02-26
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