Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXBoZzItOWM1Zy1tNHE3

Remote Code Execution in spark-core

In all versions of Apache Spark, its standalone resource manager accepts code to execute on a 'master' host, that then runs that code on 'worker' hosts. The master itself does not, by design, execute user code. A specially-crafted request to the master can, however, cause the master to execute code too. Note that this does not affect standalone clusters with authentication enabled. While the master host typically has less outbound access to other resources than a worker, the execution of code on the master is nevertheless unexpected.

Mitigation

Enable authentication on any Spark standalone cluster that is not otherwise secured from unwanted access, for example by network-level restrictions. Use spark.authenticate and related security properties described at https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/security.html

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phg2-9c5g-m4q7
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-phg2-9c5g-m4q7, CVE-2018-17190
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17190
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phg2-9c5g-m4q7
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/341c3187f15cdb0d353261d2bfecf2324d56cb7db1339bfc7b30f6e5@%3Cdev.spark.apache.org%3E
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-21
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105976

Blast Radius: 38.7

Affected Packages