Apache Hive cookie signature verification used a non constant time comparison which is known to be vulnerable to timing attacks. This could allow recovery of another users cookie signature. The issue was addressed in Apache Hive 2.3.8
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1926
Reference (s):
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-22708
- URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-22708
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd186eedff68102ba1e68059a808101c5aa587e11542c7dcd26e7b9d7%40%3Cuser.hive.apache.org%3E
- URL: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd186eedff68102ba1e68059a808101c5aa587e11542c7dcd26e7b9d7%40%3Cuser.hive.apache.org%3E