CVE-2016-0733 Information

Description

The Admin UI in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 does not properly handle authentication requests that lack a password which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging knowledge of a valid username.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82871 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-835 https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA25vel@apache.org3E

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8