Privilege Escalation Affecting org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.11 package, versions [,2.1.3)[2.2.0,2.2.2)[2.3.0,2.3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESPARK-31695
  • published19 Jul 2018
  • disclosed11 Jul 2018
  • creditNehmé Tohmé

Introduced: 11 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-1334  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-265  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.11 to version 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.3.1 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.11 is a cluster computing system for Big Data.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. When using PySpark or SparkR, it was possible for a different local user to connect to the Spark application and impersonate the user running the Spark application.

CVSS Scores

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