CVE-2016-6668: JIRA and HipChat for JIRA plugin Security Advisory 2016-09-21 | Atlassian Support

HipChat for JIRA plugin - leaks secret key - HC-32766

Note: As of September 2014 we are no longer issuing binary bug patches, instead we create new maintenance releases for the major versions we are backporting.

Date of Advisory: 21 Sep 2016 10 AM PDT (Pacific Time, -7 hours)

CVE ID:

• CVE-2016-6668 - The HipChat plugin for various products leaks the secret key it uses to communicate with a linked HipChat instance.

Product: JIRA and the HipChat for JIRA plugin.

Affected HipChat for JIRA plugin versions:

• 6.26.0 <= version < 7.8.17

Affected JIRA product versions:

• version >= 6.2.5 where the installed HipChat for JIRA plugin version is >= 6.26.0 and < 7.8.17
• 6.4.8 <= version < 7.0.11
• 7.1.0 <= version < 7.1.10

Fixed JIRA product versions:

• for 7.0.x, JIRA 7.0.11 has been released with a fix for this issue.
• for 7.1.x, JIRA 7.1.10 has been released with a fix for this issue.
• for 7.2.x, JIRA 7.2.0 has been released with a fix for this issue.

****Summary of Vulnerability****

This advisory discloses a critical severity security vulnerability which was introduced in version 6.4.8 of JIRA. Versions of JIRA starting with 6.4.8 before 7.0.11 (the fixed version for 7.0.x), from 7.1.0 before 7.1.10 (the fixed version for 7.1.x) are affected by this vulnerability.

Atlassian Cloud instances have already been upgraded to a version of JIRA which does not have the issue described on this page.

**Customers who have upgraded JIRA to version 7.0.11 or 7.1.10 or **7.2.0**** are not affected****.

Customers who have **downloaded and installed JIRA >= 6.2.5 and have a version of the HipChat for JIRA plugin >= **6.26.0 and less than 7.8.17 installed.****

Customers who have downloaded and installed JIRA >= 6.4.8 less than 7.0.11 (the fixed version for 7.0.x)

Customers who have downloaded and installed JIRA >= 7.1.0 less than 7.1.10 (the fixed version for 7.1.x)

Please upgrade the HipChat for JIRA plugin in your JIRA installations immediately to fix this vulnerability.

The HipChat plugin for various products leaks the secret key it uses to communicate with a linked HipChat instance (CVE-2016-6668)

Severity

Atlassian rates the severity level of this vulnerability as critical, according to the scale published in our Atlassian severity levels. The scale allows us to rank the severity as critical, high, moderate or low.

This is an independent assessment and you should evaluate its applicability to your own IT environment.

Description

The HipChat for JIRA plugin exposed the secret key it used to communicate with a linked HipChat service in various pages. For this vulnerability to affect your JIRA instance you must have a HipChat integration established. To exploit this issue in JIRA versions 7.0.0 and higher, attackers need to have access to a JIRA account. In JIRA versions before 7.0.0, such as 6.4.x, attackers only need access to the JIRA web interface. Using the secret key attackers can gain full control over a linked HipChat instance.

All versions of HipChat for JIRA plugin from 6.26.0 before 7.8.17 are affected by this vulnerability.

All versions of JIRA from 6.4.8 before 7.0.11(the fixed version for 7.0.x) and from 7.1.0 before 7.1.10 (the fixed version for 7.1.x) are affected by this vulnerability are affected by this vulnerability. This issue can be tracked here: JRA-62496 - Getting issue details… STATUS

Fix

We have taken the following steps to address this issue:

1. Released JIRA version 7.0.11 that updates the bundled copy of the HipChat for JIRA plugin to a fixed version.
2. Released JIRA version 7.1.10 that updates the bundled copy of the HipChat for JIRA plugin to a fixed version.
3. Released JIRA version 7.2.0 that updates the bundled copy of the HipChat for JIRA plugin to a fixed version.
4. Released HipChat for JIRA plugin version 7.8.17 that contains a fix for this issue.

****What You Need to Do****

Upgrade (recommended)

The vulnerabilities and fix versions are described in the description section above. Atlassian recommends that you upgrade to the latest version.

Upgrade the HipChat for JIRA plugin

Upgrade the HipChat for JIRA plugin to version 7.8.17 or higher. For instructions on how to update add-ons like the HipChat for JIRA plugin see https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Updating+add-ons. The HipChat for JIRA plugin marketplace entry can be found at https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.labs.hipchat.hipchat-for-JIRA-plugin/server/overview.

If you cannot upgrade the HipChat For JIRA Plugin to version 7.8.17 or higher then upgrade JIRA to version 7.2.0 or higher.

If you are running JIRA 7.1.x and cannot upgrade to JIRA 7.2.0 then upgrade to version 7.1.10.

If you are running JIRA 7.0.x and cannot upgrade to JIRA 7.2.0 or 7.1.10 then upgrade to version 7.0.11.

**Next, follow these steps to rotate the secret key. **

You need admin permissions for both JIRA and HipChat to do this:

1. Log in to JIRA as a user with admin permissions and go to <your-jira-site>/plugins/servlet/hipchat/configure
2. Click Remove integration. This will sever the link and uninstall the add-on in HipChat.
3. Once you land back on the HipChat Integration page, click Connect HipChat. This will re-establish the link between HipChat and JIRA with a new secret key.

For a full description of the latest version of JIRA, see the release notes. You can download the latest version of JIRA from the download centre.

****Mitigation****

If you are unable to upgrade your JIRA server or the HipChat for JIRA plugin, then as a temporary workaround, you can disable or uninstall the HipChat for JIRA plugin in JIRA.

Support

If you have questions or concerns regarding this advisory, please raise a support request at https://support.atlassian.com/.

****References****

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Binary patches will no longer be released.

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