Information disclosure in Apache Hive - CVE-2020-1926
Published: March 2, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51105
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1926
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the use of non constant time comparison in cookie signature verification. A remote attacker can perform a timing attack and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
Apache Hive
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1926
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Hive - update to 2.3.8