PT-2017-9777 · Apache · Apache Ranger

Published 2017-06-14 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2016-8746

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Ranger versions prior to 0.6.3

Description The policy engine in Apache Ranger incorrectly matches paths under certain conditions. This issue occurs when the policy does not contain wildcards and the recursion flag is set to true.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.6.3, update to version 0.6.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8746

GHSA-XV7X-X6WR-XX7G

Affected Products

Apache Ranger

References · 7

• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8746 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8746 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/ranger/commit/2fcd7f7cc175c0734443638b99c359e24c0f88ff · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xv7x-x6wr-xx7g · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95998 · Note