VDB-94543 · CVE-2016-6656 · BID 94954

Pivotal Greenplum up to 4.3.9.x GPHDFS command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Pivotal Greenplum up to 4.3.9.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component GPHDFS. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-6656. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pivotal Greenplum up to 4.3.9.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component GPHDFS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0. Creation of external tables using GPHDFS protocol has a vulnerability whereby arbitrary commands can be injected into the system. In order to exploit this vulnerability the user must have superuser 'gpadmin' access to the system or have been granted GPHDFS protocol permissions in order to create a GPHDFS external table.

The bug was discovered 12/22/2016. The weakness was presented 12/16/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6656 since 08/10/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.3.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94954†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Greenplum 4.3.10.0

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08/10/2016 🔍
12/16/2016 +128 days 🔍
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12/22/2016 +6 days 🔍
07/09/2019 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: pivotal.io

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6656 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6656
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94543
SecurityFocus: 94954 - Pivotal Greenplum CVE-2016-6656 Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2016 15:37
Updated: 07/09/2019 12:21
Changes: 12/16/2016 15:37 (55), 07/09/2019 12:21 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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