CVE-2016-3083

HIGH

Apache Hive < 1.2.2 - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: rule

Description

Apache Hive (JDBC + HiveServer2) implements SSL for plain TCP and HTTP connections (it supports both transport modes). While validating the server's certificate during the connection setup, the client in Apache Hive before 1.2.2 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 doesn't seem to be verifying the common name attribute of the certificate. In this way, if a JDBC client sends an SSL request to server abc.com, and the server responds with a valid certificate (certified by CA) but issued to xyz.com, the client will accept that as a valid certificate and the SSL handshake will go through.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 42.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-295
Status draft

Affected Products (12)

apache/hive
apache/hive
apache/hive
apache/hive
apache/hive
apache/hive
apache/hive
apache/hive
apache/hive
org.apache.hive/hive < 1.2.2Maven
org.apache.hive/hive-service < 1.2.2Maven
org.apache.hive/hive-exec < 1.2.2Maven

Timeline

Published May 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026