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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94954 |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2016-12-16 01:59
Updated : 2016-12-21 19:00
NVD link : CVE-2016-6656
Mitre link : CVE-2016-6656
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CWE
CWE-77
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Products Affected
pivotal_software
- greenplum