Vulnerabilities in Apache NetBeans auto-update mechanism

Information disclosed about two vulnerabilities in the automatic update delivery system for the Apache NetBeans integrated development environment, which allow replacing server-delivered updates and nbm packages. Issues have been discreetly fixed in the release Apache NetBeans 11.3.

First vulnerability (CVE-2019-17560) was caused by the lack of validation of SSL certificates and host name when downloading data over HTTPS, which makes it possible to silently spoof downloaded data. Second vulnerability (CVE-2019-17561) is related to an incomplete verification of a downloaded update against a digital signature, which allows an attacker to add additional code to nbm files without violating the integrity of the package.

Source: opennet.ru

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