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Apache Flume vulnerable to remote code execution via deserialization of unsafe providerURL

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 26, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 28, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.flume.flume-ng-sources:flume-jms-source (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.11.0

Patched versions

1.11.0

Description

Flume’s JMSSource class can be configured with a providerUrl parameter. A JNDI lookup is performed on this name without performing validation. This could result in untrusted data being deserialized, leading to remote code execution (RCE) attack when a configuration uses a JMS Source with an unsafe providerURL. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.0.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 26, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 26, 2022
Reviewed Oct 27, 2022
Last updated Jul 28, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.715%
(80th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-42468

GHSA ID

GHSA-9w4g-fp9h-3q2v

Source code

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