JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA < 2023.3.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190350

Synopsis

The instance of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 2023.3.3 It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- Path traversal was possible when unpacking archives (CVE-2024-24940)

- A plugin for JetBrains Space was able to send an authentication token to an inappropriate URL (CVE-2024-24941)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA version 2023.3.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 190350

File Name: macos_intellij_idea_2023_3_3.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/9/2024

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24941

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:jetbrains:intellij_idea, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IntelliJ IDEA, Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24940, CVE-2024-24941

IAVA: 2024-A-0069-S, 2024-A-0334