Timing Attack Affecting org.apache.hive:hive-service package, versions [,2.3.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHIVE-1085993
  • published16 Mar 2021
  • disclosed16 Mar 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Mar 2021

CVE-2020-1926  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.hive:hive-service to version 2.3.8 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.hive:hive-service is a package for reading, writing, and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage using SQL.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack. The cookie signature verification used a non constant time comparison which is known to be vulnerable to timing attacks. This could allow recovery of another user's cookie signature.

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