Apache Hive up to 3.1.2 CREATE/DROP missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apache Hive up to 3.1.2. This affects an unknown part of the component CREATE/DROP. Such manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-34538. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache Hive up to 3.1.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component CREATE/DROP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Apache Hive before 3.1.3 "CREATE" and "DROP" function operations does not check for necessary authorization of involved entities in the query. It was found that an unauthorized user can manipulate an existing UDF without having the privileges to do so. This allowed unauthorized or underprivileged users to drop and recreate UDFs pointing them to new jars that could be potentially malicious.

The weakness was presented 07/16/2022. The advisory is shared for download at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-34538 since 06/10/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hive 3.1.3

Timelineinfo

06/10/2021 🔍
07/16/2022 +401 days 🔍
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08/01/2022 +16 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: lists.apache.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-34538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-34538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-204008

Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2022 17:13
Updated: 08/01/2022 10:05
Changes: 07/16/2022 17:13 (40), 08/01/2022 10:05 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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