Buffer overflow in ZooKeeper - CVE-2016-5017
Published: September 21, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40092
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5017
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer overflow in the C cli shell in Apache Zookeeper before 3.4.9 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, when using the "cmd:" batch mode syntax, allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long command string.
Affected software
ZooKeeper
Planning Analytics Local
Fedora
zookeeper
Planning Analytics Local
Fedora
zookeeper
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5017
Install update from vendor's website.
Planning Analytics Local - update to 2.0.1
zookeeper - addressed in versions 3.4.9-1.fc24, 3.4.9-1.fc25
zookeeper - addressed in versions 3.4.9-1.fc24, 3.4.9-1.fc25
External References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138755/ZooKeeper-3.4.8-3.5.2-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93044
- https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git;a=commitdiff;h=27ecf981a15554dc8e64a28630af7a5c9e2bdf4f
- https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git;a=commitdiff;h=f09154d6648eeb4ec5e1ac8a2bacbd2f8c87c14a
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3@%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b@%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://zookeeper.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2016-5017