PT-2016-3554 · Apache · Apache Ranger

Published 2016-04-11 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2015-0265

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Ranger versions prior to 0.5.0

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent header in HTTP requests. This can lead to unauthorized actions on the web application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.5.0, update to version 0.5.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Policy Admin Tool to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-0265

GHSA-83M2-9G78-RRJ4

Affected Products

Apache Ranger

References · 9

• 🔥 http://slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security · Exploit
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0265 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-83m2-9g78-rrj4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/ranger · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200228073946/http://securityfocus.com/bid/76208 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76208 · Note
• https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/[e-mail]%3E · Note
• https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E · Note