[SECURITY] Fix Temporary File Information Disclosure Vulnerability

[JLLeitschuh]

Security Vulnerability Fix

This pull request fixes a Temporary File Information Disclosure Vulnerability, which existed in this project.

Preamble

The system temporary directory is shared between all users on most unix-like systems (not MacOS, or Windows). Thus, code interacting with the system temporary directory must be careful about file interactions in this directory, and must ensure that the correct file posix permissions are set.

This PR was generated because a call to File.createTempFile(..) was detected in this repository in a way that makes this project vulnerable to local information disclosure.
With the default uname configuration, File.createTempFile(..) creates a file with the permissions -rw-r--r--. This means that any other user on the system can read the contents of this file.

Impact

Information in this file is visible to other local users, allowing a malicious actor co-resident on the same machine to view potentially sensitive files.

Other Examples

• CVE-2020-15250 - junit-team/junit
• CVE-2021-21364 - swagger-api/swagger-codegen
• CVE-2022-24823 - netty/netty
• CVE-2022-24823 - netty/netty

The Fix

The fix has been to convert the logic above to use the following API that was introduced in Java 1.7.

File tmpDir = Files.createTempFile("temp dir").toFile();

The API both creates the file securely, ie. with a random, non-conflicting name, with file permissions that only allow the currently executing user to read or write the contents of this file.
By default, Files.createTempFile("temp dir") will create a file with the permissions -rw-------, which only allows the user that created the file to view/write the file contents.

➡️ Vulnerability Disclosure ⬅️

👋 Vulnerability disclosure is a super important part of the vulnerability handling process and should not be skipped! This may be completely new to you, and that's okay, I'm here to assist!

First question, do we need to perform vulnerability disclosure? It depends!

1. Is the vulnerable code only in tests or example code? No disclosure required!
2. Is the vulnerable code in code shipped to your end users? Vulnerability disclosure is probably required!

Vulnerability Disclosure How-To

You have a few options options to perform vulnerability disclosure. However, I'd like to suggest the following 2 options:

1. Request a CVE number from GitHub by creating a repository-level GitHub Security Advisory. This has the advantage that, if you provide sufficient information, GitHub will automatically generate Dependabot alerts for your downstream consumers, resolving this vulnerability more quickly.
2. Reach out to the team at Snyk to assist with CVE issuance. They can be reached at the Snyk's Disclosure Email.

Detecting this and Future Vulnerabilities

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Source

This contribution was automatically generated with an OpenRewrite refactoring recipe, which was lovingly hand crafted to bring this security fix to your repository.

The source code that generated this PR can be found here:
SecureTempFileCreation

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Sponsorship & Support

This contribution is sponsored by HUMAN Security Inc. and the new Dan Kaminsky Fellowship, a fellowship created to celebrate Dan's memory and legacy by funding open-source work that makes the world a better (and more secure) place.

This PR was generated by Moderne, a free-for-open source SaaS offering that uses format-preserving AST transformations to fix bugs, standardize code style, apply best practices, migrate library versions, and fix common security vulnerabilities at scale.

Tracking

All PR's generated as part of this fix are tracked here: JLLeitschuh/security-research#18

[khaes-kth]

Thanks for the pull request, @JLLeitschuh ! Although the changes are in test code, we think it is still important because we run our tests using GitHub action and we prevent third-party access there.

We also note that there is an "opt-out" feature. Does this mean that our repository will receive these security updates if we do not add GH-ROBOTS.txt file?

[JLLeitschuh]

We also note that there is an "opt-out" feature. Does this mean that our repository will receive these security updates if we do not add GH-ROBOTS.txt file?

There will be a new opt-out system moving forward. The mechanism hasn't been entirely decided upon yet.