Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allows remote authenticated users to trigger updating of update site metadata by leveraging a missing permissions check. NOTE: this issue can be combined with DNS cache poisoning to cause a denial of service (service disruption).
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3725
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1206
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-05-11
- https://www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-security-advisory-2016-05-11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-59fm-6x3q-q3q5