cve-2021-44521
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-11 12:20
Modified
2024-08-04 04:25
Severity ?
Summary
When running Apache Cassandra with the following configuration: enable_user_defined_functions: true enable_scripted_user_defined_functions: true enable_user_defined_functions_threads: false it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host. The attacker would need to have enough permissions to create user defined functions in the cluster to be able to exploit this. Note that this configuration is documented as unsafe, and will continue to be considered unsafe after this CVE.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/11/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://jfrog.com/blog/cve-2021-44521-exploiting-apache-cassandra-user-defined-functions-for-remote-code-execution/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/y4nb9s4co34j8hdfmrshyl09lokm7356Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0001/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/11/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jfrog.com/blog/cve-2021-44521-exploiting-apache-cassandra-user-defined-functions-for-remote-code-execution/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread/y4nb9s4co34j8hdfmrshyl09lokm7356Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0001/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Cassandra Version: 3.0.0   < unspecified
Version: unspecified   < 3.0.26
Version: 3.1   < unspecified
Version: unspecified   < 3.11.12
Version: 4.0.0   < unspecified
Version: unspecified   < 4.0.2
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