We are facing Vulneribility in JIRA

Question

Please suggest us to which version we have to Upgrade Jira to Latest Version. Based on given Vulnerabilities or give me any other solution to resolve these Vulnerabilities.

Jira:

Current Jira Version: v8.20.10
Server version: Apache/2.4.37 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
Apache Tomcat/8.5.78

Below are the Vulnerabilities:

* Vulnerable Server Version (Apache RHEL 2.4.37) was running on multiple hosts.-> It was observed that the multiple hosts (13.234.49.120 & 3.6.35.140) were running Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.37 which is outdated and vulnerable. Apache version needs to be upgraded to the latest and supported version ( Latest version- 2.4.54)
* Multiple hosts were running vulnerable versions of jQuery-> It was observed that remote host (13.234.29.120) was running vulnerable jQuery UI version 2.24 which is vulnerable to to various vulnerabilities. Please upgrade to latest and jQuery version.
* Multiple hosts are vulnerable to Lucky13 vulnerability- It was observed that the Host (3.6.35.140 ) is vulnerable to Lucky13 vulnerability and to remediate the vulnerability, we should remove the CBC ciphers and use only AES-GCM Ciphers.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Where are you terminating your SSL?

Your three reports all seem to be referring to Apache, which is often used as a proxy server to put in front of a Jira system, and used to do (amongst other things), the SSL work.

Jira runs on the application server Apache Tomcat, a totally different bit of software.

From your question, we can't tell where your SSL is being done.  I think it is Apache, as you mention 2.2 and 2.4 as versions, and Jira 8.20 runs on Tomcat 8.something.

So the simple answer is likely to be that this is not a Jira problem.  Upgrade your Apache proxy to a non-vulnerable version, you don't need to look at Jira at all.

Clark Everson · Answer

Hi @Prasad Nagarale

Looking at your version you are on 8.20.10

8.20 is what is considered a long term release. As vulnerabilities are fixed the long term releases are updated for two years

You are currently 7 versions behind for the 8.20.x security patches: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftware/jira-software-8-20-x-release-notes-1086411771.html

The best practice with LTS is to update them as the new .x version comes out, this avoids security issues

So my recommendation would be to update to 8.20.17

Best,
Clark