Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Apache Cassandra
The default configuration in Apache Cassandra 3.8 through 3.11.1 binds an unauthenticated JMX/RMI interface to all network interfaces, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via an RMI request. This issue is a regression of CVE-2015-0225. The regression was introduced in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12109. The fix for the regression is implemented in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173. This fix is contained in the 3.11.2 release of Apache Cassandra.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-8016US | critical9.8OT elevated | — | ||
The default configuration in Apache Cassandra 3.8 through 3.11.1 binds an unauthenticated JMX/RMI interface to all network interfaces, which allows remote attackers to execute arbi… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/beobal/cassandra/commit/28ee665b3c0c9238b61a871064f024d54cddcc79WEB
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173WEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bafb9060bbdf958a1c15ba66c68531116fba4a83858a2796254da066@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8016ADVISORY
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