CVE-2021-41033: Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint

September 13, 2021 (updated September 24, 2021)

Eclipse Equinox installations can be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks if using p2 repos that are HTTP; that can then be exploited to serve incorrect p2 metadata and entirely alter the local installation, particularly by installing plug-ins that may then run malicious code.

References

bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=575688
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41033

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