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CVE-2021-41561 (GCVE-0-2021-41561)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-20 11:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:15
VLAI
Title
Apache Parquet-MR potential DoS in case of malicious Parquet file
Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Parquet-MR of Apache Parquet allows an attacker to DoS by malicious Parquet files. This issue affects Apache Parquet-MR version 1.9.0 and later versions.
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Parquet Affected: 1.9.0 , < Parquet-MR* (custom)
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