CVE-2016-6656

Published on: 12/16/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:10 PM UTC

CVE-2016-6656

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

Certain versions of Greenplum from Pivotal Software contain the following vulnerability:

An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0. Creation of external tables using GPHDFS protocol has a vulnerability whereby arbitrary commands can be injected into the system. In order to exploit this vulnerability the user must have superuser 'gpadmin' access to the system or have been granted GPHDFS protocol permissions in order to create a GPHDFS external table.

  • CVE-2016-6656 has been assigned by URL Logo [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.2 - HIGH

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
NETWORK LOW HIGH NONE
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
UNCHANGED HIGH HIGH HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 6.5 - MEDIUM

Access
Vector ⓘ		 Access
Complexity		 Authentication
NETWORK LOW SINGLE
Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
CVE-2016-6656 Code injection vulnerability via GPHDFS in Greenplum database | Security | Pivotal Mitigation
Vendor Advisory
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 URL Logo CONFIRM pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656
Pivotal Greenplum CVE-2016-6656 Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability cve.report (archive)
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationPivotal SoftwareGreenplumAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:greenplum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
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