Improper Certificate Validation Affecting libthrift-java package, versions <0.9.1-2.1~build0.18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBTHRIFTJAVA-336511
  • published7 Jan 2019
  • disclosed7 Jan 2019

Introduced: 7 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-1320  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libthrift-java to version 0.9.1-2.1~build0.18.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libthrift-java package and not the libthrift-java package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Thrift Java client library versions 0.5.0 through 0.11.0 can bypass SASL negotiation isComplete validation in the org.apache.thrift.transport.TSaslTransport class. An assert used to determine if the SASL handshake had successfully completed could be disabled in production settings making the validation incomplete.

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