checkstyle-9.3.jar: 1 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 5.5)

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Vulnerable Library - checkstyle-9.3.jar

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.guava/guava/31.0.1-jre/119ea2b2bc205b138974d351777b20f02b92704b/guava-31.0.1-jre.jar

Found in HEAD commit: f37478044e49962347525337fe111834d446c8bc

Vulnerabilities

CVE	Severity	CVSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (checkstyle version)	Remediation Possible**
CVE-2023-2976	Medium	5.5	guava-31.0.1-jre.jar	Transitive	10.12.1	✅

**In some cases, Remediation PR cannot be created automatically for a vulnerability despite the availability of remediation

Details

CVE-2023-2976

Vulnerable Library - guava-31.0.1-jre.jar

Guava is a suite of core and expanded libraries that include utility classes, Google's collections, I/O classes, and much more.

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

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.guava/guava/31.0.1-jre/119ea2b2bc205b138974d351777b20f02b92704b/guava-31.0.1-jre.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• checkstyle-9.3.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ guava-31.0.1-jre.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f37478044e49962347525337fe111834d446c8bc

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Use of Java's default temporary directory for file creation in FileBackedOutputStream in Google Guava versions 1.0 to 31.1 on Unix systems and Android Ice Cream Sandwich allows other users and apps on the machine with access to the default Java temporary directory to be able to access the files created by the class.

Even though the security vulnerability is fixed in version 32.0.0, we recommend using version 32.0.1 as version 32.0.0 breaks some functionality under Windows.

Mend Note: Even though the security vulnerability is fixed in version 32.0.0, maintainers recommend using version 32.0.1 as version 32.0.0 breaks some functionality under Windows.

Publish Date: 2023-06-14

URL: CVE-2023-2976

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-7g45-4rm6-3mm3

Release Date: 2023-06-14

Fix Resolution (com.google.guava:guava): 32.0.1-android

Direct dependency fix Resolution (com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle): 10.12.1

⛑️ Automatic Remediation will be attempted for this issue.

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⛑️Automatic Remediation will be attempted for this issue.

[mend-for-github-com]

ℹ️ This issue was automatically re-opened by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) has been detected in the Mend inventory.

[dbwiddis]

We need to specify the latest version of checkstyle to avoid this:

checkstyle {
    toolVersion = "10.12.4"
}