Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.hive:hive-exec package, versions [1.0.0,1.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHIVE-30639
  • published1 Feb 2016
  • disclosed29 Jan 2016
  • creditOlaf Flebbe

Introduced: 29 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-7521  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.hive:hive-exec to version 1.2.2 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. The authorization framework on clusters protected by Ranger and SqlStdHiveAuthorization, allows attackers to bypass intended parent table access restrictions via unspecified partition-level operations.

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