Authentication Bypass Affecting org.apache.hive:hive-exec package, versions [,2.3.4)[3.0.0, 3.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHIVE-72581
  • published12 Nov 2018
  • disclosed25 Oct 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-1314  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-288  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.hive:hive-exec to version 2.3.4, 3.1.1 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 Authentication Bypass. The EXPLAIN operation does not check for necessary authorization of involved entities in a query. An unauthorized user could use EXPLAIN on arbitrary table or view and expose table metadata and statistics.

CVSS Scores

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