Race condition in Apache Oozie - CVE-2020-35451
Published: March 10, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51382
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35451
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in OozieSharelibCLI. A local user can exploit the race and replace the files in Oozie's sharelib.
Affected software
Apache Oozie
How to mitigate CVE-2020-35451
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Oozie - update to 5.2.1
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/09/2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8688debdb8b586aab3e53dee2d675fc9212de0ec627a8d3cd43b5ab5%40%3Cuser.oozie.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8688debdb8b586aab3e53dee2d675fc9212de0ec627a8d3cd43b5ab5@%3Cuser.oozie.apache.org%3E