CVE-2021-44521 (High) detected in cassandra-all-3.9.jar, cassandra-all-3.11.5.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2021-44521 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - cassandra-all-3.9.jar, cassandra-all-3.11.5.jar

cassandra-all-3.9.jar

The Apache Cassandra Project develops a highly scalable second-generation distributed database, bringing together Dynamo's fully distributed design and Bigtable's ColumnFamily-based data model.

Library home page: http://cassandra.apache.org

Path to dependency file: /dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datastax-cassandra-3/datastax-cassandra-3.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-all/3.9/51ee1800dd94c3a01a892373f00db3cc7e20e98f/cassandra-all-3.9.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• cassandra-unit-3.1.3.2.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ cassandra-all-3.9.jar (Vulnerable Library)

cassandra-all-3.11.5.jar

The Apache Cassandra Project develops a highly scalable second-generation distributed database, bringing together Dynamo's fully distributed design and Bigtable's ColumnFamily-based data model.

Library home page: https://cassandra.apache.org

Path to dependency file: /dd-java-agent/instrumentation/datastax-cassandra-4/datastax-cassandra-4.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-all/3.11.5/5cc336c8ec793657d863f3923fb706389633600c/cassandra-all-3.11.5.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• cassandra-unit-4.3.1.0.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ cassandra-all-3.11.5.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2819174635979a19573ec0ce8e3e2b63a3848079

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

When running Apache Cassandra with the following configuration: enable_user_defined_functions: true enable_scripted_user_defined_functions: true enable_user_defined_functions_threads: false it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host. The attacker would need to have enough permissions to create user defined functions in the cluster to be able to exploit this. Note that this configuration is documented as unsafe, and will continue to be considered unsafe after this CVE.

Publish Date: 2022-02-11

URL: CVE-2021-44521

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: High
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://lists.apache.org/thread/y4nb9s4co34j8hdfmrshyl09lokm7356

Release Date: 2022-02-11

Fix Resolution (org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all): 3.11.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.cassandraunit:cassandra-unit): 3.5.0.0

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