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.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11065
- https://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/8927
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WVXOXNLAYRGPKAZV63PYNV3HF27JW2MW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43P7SVDJOG6OUDVFR4ZIDITZLNHPGTO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQ5CGOV5QVQCSPGE3WRZDKUGIXLHSZDR/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pprq-4488-wgqx