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Atlassian JIRA: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2020-29453)

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Atlassian JIRA: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2020-29453)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/22/2021
Created
04/09/2021
Added
04/08/2021
Modified
08/06/2021

Description

The CachingResourceDownloadRewriteRule class in Jira Server and Jira Data Center before version 8.5.11, from 8.6.0 before 8.13.3, and from 8.14.0 before 8.15.0 allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files within WEB-INF and META-INF directories via an incorrect path access check.

Solution(s)

  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_13_3
  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_15_0
  • atlassian-jira-upgrade-8_5_11

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