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Jenkins Advisory 2016-02-24: CVE-2016-0790: Non-constant time comparison of API token

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Jenkins Advisory 2016-02-24: CVE-2016-0790: Non-constant time comparison of API token

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/13/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 do not use a constant-time algorithm to verify API tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine API tokens via a brute-force approach.

Solution(s)

  • jenkins-lts-upgrade-1_642_2
  • jenkins-upgrade-1_650

References

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