CVE-2020-8908 (Low) detected in guava-25.1-android.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2020-8908 - Low Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - guava-25.1-android.jar

Guava is a suite of core and expanded libraries that include utility classes, google's collections, io classes, and much much more.

Library home page: https://github.com/google/guava

Path to dependency file: symphony-java-toolkit/tools/symphony-maven-build-reporter/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/google/guava/guava/25.1-android/guava-25.1-android.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - maven-core-3.6.3.jar (Root Library) - guice-4.2.1.jar - :x: **guava-25.1-android.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 5e2c485fc8b70d0f10e26aa6ca2f05b9f21be57f

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

A temp directory creation vulnerability exists in all versions of Guava, allowing an attacker with access to the machine to potentially access data in a temporary directory created by the Guava API com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By default, on unix-like systems, the created directory is world-readable (readable by an attacker with access to the system). The method in question has been marked @Deprecated in versions 30.0 and later and should not be used. For Android developers, we recommend choosing a temporary directory API provided by Android, such as context.getCacheDir(). For other Java developers, we recommend migrating to the Java 7 API java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory() which explicitly configures permissions of 700, or configuring the Java runtime's java.io.tmpdir system property to point to a location whose permissions are appropriately configured.

Publish Date: 2020-12-10

URL: CVE-2020-8908

CVSS 3 Score Details (3.3)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Local - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: Low - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8908

Release Date: 2020-12-10

Fix Resolution: v30.0

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:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the WhiteSource inventory.