CVE-2023-35701: Apache Hive: Arbitrary command execution via JDBC driver

[Stamatis Zampetakis <zabetak () apache org>]

Severity: moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache Hive 4.0.0-alpha-1 before 4.0.0

Description:

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Hive.

The vulnerability affects the Hive JDBC driver component and it can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution on the 
machine/endpoint that the JDBC driver (client) is running. The malicious user must have sufficient permissions to 
specify/edit JDBC URL(s) in an endpoint relying on the Hive JDBC driver and the JDBC client process must run under a 
privileged user to fully exploit the vulnerability. 

The attacker can setup a malicious HTTP server and specify a JDBC URL pointing towards this server. When a JDBC 
connection is attempted, the malicious HTTP server can provide a special response with customized payload that can 
trigger the execution of certain commands in the JDBC client.This issue affects Apache Hive: from 4.0.0-alpha-1 before 
4.0.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.0, which fixes the issue.

This issue is being tracked as HIVE-27554 

Credit:

Kostya Kortchinsky (reporter)

References:

https://hive.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35701
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-27554