CVE-2021-40331

Permissions problem in the Apache Ranger Hive Plugin

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: May 5, 2023
Updated: Oct 11, 2024
Reserved: Aug 31, 2021

Description

An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability was found in the Apache Ranger Hive Plugin. Any user with SELECT privilege on a database can alter the ownership of the table in Hive when Apache Ranger Hive Plugin is enabled This issue affects Apache Ranger Hive Plugin: from 2.0.0 through 2.3.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.0 or later.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache Ranger Hive PluginApache Software Foundation	2.0.0 through 2.3.0Affected

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/s68yls6cnkdmzn1k4hqt50vs6wjvt2rnvendor-advisory

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