Gradle versions from 1.4 to 5.3.1 use an insecure HTTP URL to download dependencies when the built-in JavaScript or CoffeeScript Gradle plugins are used. Dependency artifacts could have been maliciously compromised by a MITM attack against the ajax.googleapis.com web site.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Gradle versions from 1.4 to 5.3.1 use an insecure HTTP URL to download dependencies when the built-in     JavaScript or CoffeeScript Gradle plugins are used. Dependency artifacts could have been maliciously     compromised by a MITM attack against the ajax.googleapis.com web site. (CVE-2019-11065)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4858-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Gradle used an insecure HTTP URL to download dependencies when the built-in     JavaScript or CoffeeScript Gradle plugins were used. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use     this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2019-11065)

    It was discovered that the PGP signing plugin in Gradle relied on the insecure SHA-1 algorithm. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct spoofing attacks. (CVE-2019-16370)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Resolves CVE-2019-11065.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Fixes CVE-2019-11065 security vulnerability

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254398	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-11065	Nessus	Misc.	medium
183632	Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Gradle vulnerabilities (USN-4858-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
127931	Fedora 30 : gradle (2019-1b6383acdd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
124573	Fedora 28 : gradle (2019-902786bc1e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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