#VU16954 Security restrictions bypass in Thrift - CVE-2018-1320

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#VU16954 Security restrictions bypass in Thrift - CVE-2018-1320

Published: January 13, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16954
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1320
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Thrift
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to bypass security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can bypass SASL negotiation isComplete validation in the org.apache.thrift.transport.TSaslTransport class. An assert used to determine if the SASL handshake had successfully completed could be disabled in production settings making the validation incomplete.


Remediation

Update to version 0.12.0.

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