Authentication Bypass Affecting org.apache.ranger:ranger-kafka-plugin package, versions [,0.6.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHERANGER-30716
  • published10 Nov 2016
  • disclosed10 Nov 2016
  • creditVelmurugan Periasamy

Introduced: 10 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-6815  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-592  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.ranger:ranger-kafka-plugin to version 0.6.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.ranger:ranger-kafka-plugin is a framework to enable, monitor and manage comprehensive data security across the Hadoop platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. Users with keyadmin role should were allowed to change password for users with admin role.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1