apache-nifi/2.7.2-r0: cve remediation

[octo-sts]

apache-nifi/2.7.2-r0: fix GHSA-x44p-gvrj-pj2r

Advisory data: https://github.com/wolfi-dev/advisories/blob/main/apache-nifi.advisories.yaml

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Inspected git repositories: https://github.com/apache/nifi@rel/nifi-2.7.2

[octo-sts]

🔄 Build Failed: Git Checkout Error

CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in pom.xml
error: could not apply 3c52bed1b4... NIFI-15359 Upgraded S3 Encryption Client from 3.6.0 to 4.0.0 (#10659)

Build Details

Category	Details
Build System	git
Failure Point	git cherry-pick -x 3c52bed1b42a2386eae5fd56a9dc432c6ea8fe53

Root Cause Analysis 🔍

Git cherry-pick operation failed due to merge conflicts in pom.xml when attempting to apply commit 3c52bed1b42a2386eae5fd56a9dc432c6ea8fe53 from the main branch. The cherry-pick was part of applying security patches during the git checkout step, but the changes could not be automatically merged due to conflicting content in the pom.xml file.

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🔍 Build failure fix suggestions

Found similar build failures that have been fixed in the past and analyzed them to suggest a fix:

Suggested Changes

File: Melange YAML pipeline

• modification at line checkout step (pipeline git-checkout step)
  Original:

cherry-picks: |
        main/3c52bed1b42a2386eae5fd56a9dc432c6ea8fe53: GHSA-x44p-gvrj-pj2r

Replacement:

cherry-picks: |
        main/3c52bed1b42a2386eae5fd56a9dc432c6ea8fe53: GHSA-x44p-gvrj-pj2r

Content:

Remove the cherry-pick and handle the security fix through maven/pombump instead

• addition at line after git-checkout (after git-checkout step)
  Replacement:

  - name: "apply security fix GHSA-x44p-gvrj-pj2r"
    runs: |
      # Manually apply S3 Encryption Client upgrade from 3.6.0 to 4.0.0
      # This addresses the security vulnerability without cherry-picking
      find . -name "pom.xml" -exec sed -i 's/<aws-java-sdk-s3.version>3\.6\.0/<aws-java-sdk-s3.version>4.0.0/g' {} \;
      find . -name "pom.xml" -exec sed -i 's/<version>3\.6\.0</version><!-- aws-java-sdk-s3 -->/<version>4.0.0</version><!-- aws-java-sdk-s3 -->/g' {} \;

Content:

Add manual security fix step to upgrade S3 Encryption Client

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Analysis

No similar build failures were provided for analysis. However, based on the git cherry-pick merge conflict in pom.xml, this is a common issue when applying security patches to Maven projects. The conflict typically occurs when the target branch has different dependency versions or XML structure than the source commit being cherry-picked.

Click to expand fix explanation

Explanation

The git cherry-pick is failing because there are conflicts in the pom.xml file when trying to apply the S3 Encryption Client upgrade commit. Instead of cherry-picking, we can achieve the same security fix by manually updating the AWS S3 SDK version from 3.6.0 to 4.0.0 using sed commands. This approach avoids merge conflicts while still addressing the security vulnerability (GHSA-x44p-gvrj-pj2r). The manual approach searches for AWS S3 SDK version references in all pom.xml files and updates them to the secure version, which is the core purpose of the original commit.

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Alternative Approaches

• Create a specific pombump patch file for the AWS S3 SDK version upgrade and use the maven/pombump step
• Remove the cherry-pick entirely and rely on the existing pombump steps if they already address this vulnerability
• Apply the cherry-pick manually by resolving conflicts in a pre-step that modifies the pom.xml structure before the cherry-pick

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