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Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Apache Calcite

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 22, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.calcite:calcite-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.26.0

Patched versions

1.26.0
maven org.apache.calcite:calcite-druid (Maven)
< 1.26.0
1.26.0
maven org.apache.calcite:calcite-splunk (Maven)
< 1.26.0
1.26.0

Description

"HttpUtils#getURLConnection method disables explicitly hostname verification for HTTPS connections making clients vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Calcite uses this method internally to connect with Druid and Splunk so information leakage may happen when using the respective Calcite adapters. The method itself is in a utility class so people may use it to create vulnerable HTTPS connections for other applications. From Apache Calcite 1.26 onwards, the hostname verification will be performed using the default JVM truststore."

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 9, 2020
Reviewed Apr 21, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 22, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.058%
(25th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-13955

GHSA ID

GHSA-hxp5-8pgq-mgv9

Source code

No known source code
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