Hewlett-Packard Vertica Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
November 2nd, 2015
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard Vertica. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the vertica-udx-zygote process, which listens on a random port in the ephemeral range. This process accepts an unauthenticated command packet to execute an arbitrary command under the context of dbadmin.
Additional Details
Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04873095
Disclosure Timeline
- 2015-05-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2015-11-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
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