PT-2017-9781 · Apache · Apache Ranger

Published 2017-06-14 · Updated 2019-03-01 · CVE-2016-8751

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows admin users to store arbitrary javascript code, which is executed when normal users login and access policies, due to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability when entering custom policy conditions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.6.3, update to version 0.6.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to custom policy conditions to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8751

GHSA-V7MF-QGXF-QMVF

MGASA-2017-0474

Affected Products

Apache Ranger

References · 16

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/THLEZURI4D24PRM7SMASC5I25IAWXXTM · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/U5NEJQFBVKG6PRJ5EZ7UIP7ZXOIHDPJF · Vendor Advisory
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8751 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0474.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8751 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0474 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v7mf-qgxf-qmvf · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/releases · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-04/msg00010.html · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19605 · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-07/msg00092.html · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-11/msg00018.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99067 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v7mf-qgxf-qmvf · Note