Missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache HBase thrift and rest delegation service
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache HBase thrift and rest delegation service. A scan operation in thrift/rest service has 3 steps, open, fetch(possible multiple times), close. The open step will return an id which will be passed back to server for identifying the scanner instances stored at server side. We missed the owner check in fetch and close steps which means a user can fetch rows from the scanner which is opened by other users, and close scanners which belongs to other users. This issue affects Apache HBase:from 3.0.0-alpha-1 through 3.0.0-beta-1, from 2.6.0 through 2.6.5, from 2.5.0 through 2.5.14, through 2.4.*. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.0-beta-2, 2.6.6 and 2.5.15, which fixes the issue.
What this means
In plain English
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache HBase thrift and rest delegation service. A scan operation in thrift/rest service has 3 steps, open, fetch(possible multiple times), close. The open step will return an id which will be passed back to server for identifying the scanner instances stored at server side. We missed the owner check in fetch and close steps which means a user can fetch rows from the scanner which is opened by other users, and close scanners which belongs to other users. This issue affects Apache HBase:from 3.0.0-alpha-1 through 3.0.0-beta-1, from 2.6.0 through 2.6.5, from 2.5.0 through 2.5.14, through 2.4.*.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 3.0.0-beta-2, 2.6.6, 2.5.15. Vendor mitigation: Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.0-beta-2, 2.6.6 and 2.5.15, which fixes the issue.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- 3.0.0-alpha-1 through 3.0.0-beta-1
- 2.6.0 through 2.6.5
- 2.5.0 through 2.5.14
- through 2.4
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
- 3.0.0-beta-2
- 2.6.6
- 2.5.15
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.0-beta-2, 2.6.6 and 2.5.15, which fixes the issue.
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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