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GHSA-8FFC-79XG-29W8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-12 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-11 19:20

Summary

Apache Cassandra vulnerable to Code Injection due to unsafe configuration

Details

When running Apache Cassandra with the following configuration: enable_user_defined_functions: true enable_scripted_user_defined_functions: true enable_user_defined_functions_threads: false it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host. The attacker would need to have enough permissions to create user defined functions in the cluster to be able to exploit this. Note that this configuration is documented as unsafe, and will continue to be considered unsafe after this CVE.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2021-44521 (GCVE-0-2021-44521)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-11 12:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:25

Title

Remote code execution for scripted UDFs

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

apache mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/11/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://jfrog.com/blog/cve-2021-44521-exploiting-…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2022022…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Cassandra	Affected: 3.0.0 , < unspecified (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 3.0.26 (custom) Affected: 3.1 , < unspecified (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 3.11.12 (custom) Affected: 4.0.0 , < unspecified (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 4.0.2 (custom)

Credits

This issue was discovered by Omer Kaspi of the JFrog Security vulnerability research team.

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