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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-4732:
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Github user mxm commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2586
Merged to `master` and `release-1.1`.
@uce I also like the symbolic link. I contacted the maintainer of the
plugin because it wouldn't be hard to fix this nowadays with Java 7+ which
supports the creation of symbolic links. I think the lack of this was the
reason why the author chose to download a binary. However, I don't know why he
didn't simply ship it with the jar which should have been possible.
> Maven junction plugin security threat
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> Key: FLINK-4732
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-4732
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Build System
> Reporter: Maximilian Michels
> Assignee: Maximilian Michels
> Priority: Critical
> Fix For: 1.2.0, 1.1.3
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> We use the Maven Junction plugin
> http://pyx4j.com/pyx4j-maven-plugins/maven-junction-plugin/introduction.html
> to create a symbolic link to the build directory. On Windows, the plugin
> downloads an executable from the author's homepage which may be modified by
> an attacker. The plugin has not been updated since 2007 and the maintainer
> has not shown interest to fix the issue.
> I propose to remove the plugin while this security threat persists.
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