Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.apache.sentry:sentry-binding-hive package, versions [,2.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESENTRY-32484
  • published27 Aug 2018
  • disclosed11 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 May 2018

CVE-2018-8028  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.sentry:sentry-binding-hive to version 2.0.1 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.sentry:sentry-binding-hive is a highly modular system for providing fine grained role based authorization to both data and metadata stored on an Apache Hadoop cluster.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. An authenticated user could execute ALTER TABLE EXCHANGE PARTITIONS. They could access to the partitioned data of a Sentry protected table and remove data from a Sentry protected table.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1