CVE-2020-17533 Information

Description

Apache Accumulo versions 1.5.0 through 1.10.0 and version 2.0.0 do not properly check the return value of some policy enforcement functions before permitting an authenticated user to perform certain administrative operations. Specifically the return values of the ‘canFlush’ and ‘canPerformSystemActions’ security functions are not checked in some instances therefore allowing an authenticated user with insufficient permissions to perform the following actions: flushing a table shutting down Accumulo or an individual tablet server and setting or removing system-wide Accumulo configuration properties.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8c1a787b6951d3dacb9ec58f0bf1633790c91f54ff10c6f8ff9d8ed%40%3Cuser.accumulo.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8c1a787b6951d3dacb9ec58f0bf1633790c91f54ff10c6f8ff9d8ed@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/29/1

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1