CVE-2020-1926

Description

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

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation / Apache HiveApache Hive – 2.3.8

References

• MISChttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-22708
• MAILING_LISThttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd186eedff68102ba1e68059a808101c5aa587e11542c7dcd26e7b9d7%40%3Cuser.hive.apache.org%3E