VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-0733
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.06%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.06% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- apache/ranger
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82871
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+RangerVendor Advisory
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-835Vendor Advisory
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/%3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA%25vel%40apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82871
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+RangerVendor Advisory
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-835Vendor Advisory
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/%3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA%25vel%40apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.