Big Security Fix! Hudson 1.371 Released

R. Tyler Croy August 10, 2010

Hot on the heels of Hudson 1.370, which was released last Friday, the Hudson team released 1.371 which addresses a critical vulnerability in all Hudson versions prior to 1.371. The vulnerability was disclosed by InfraDNA in the following security advisory, which details the issue:

This critical vulnerability allows an attacker to use CLI commands that they are otherwise unauthorized for. CLI commands can perform various administrative operations.

It is advised that all Hudson instances be upgraded immediately to avoid data loss or other ill effects from this issue. If you’re upgrading from a version earlier than 1.370, you can consult the changelog for details on the other bug fixes and enhancements covered by the upgrade of your version to 1.371.

If you run a Hudson instance, it is recommended that Hudson system admins subscribe to either the security advisories RSS feed or the advisories@ mailing list ---

You can go grab the latest .war file straight from our OSL mirror or if you’re using a native package, use your package manager to upgrade.

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R. Tyler Croy

R. Tyler Croy has been part of the Jenkins project for the past seven years. While avoiding contributing any Java code, Tyler is involved in many of the other aspects of the project which keep it running, such as this website, infrastructure, governance, etc.