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SCA: security update for github.com/apache/trafficcontrol (GHSA-pw59-4qgf-jxr8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417736

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - When ORT (now via atstccfg) generates ip_allow.config files in Apache Traffic Control 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 and
 4.0.0 to 4.1.0, those files include permissions that allow bad actors to push arbitrary content into and
 remove arbitrary content from CDN cache servers. Additionally, these permissions are potentially extended
 to IP addresses outside the desired range, resulting in them being granted to clients possibly outside the
 CDN arcitechture. (CVE-2020-17522)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pw59-4qgf-jxr8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417736

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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-2020-17522

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17522