High severity · published Oct 5, 2018
CVE-2018-11778
UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow
8.8
CVSS
4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow. Versions prior to 1.2.0 should be upgraded to 1.2.0
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.0% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Ranger · Apache
before 1.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11778
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11778
Vendor Advisory
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04bc435a92911de4b52d2b98f169bd7cf2e8bbeb53b03788df8f932c%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd88077a781ef38f7687c100f93992f4dda8aa101925050c4af470998%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/11
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