CVE-2016-6807
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Apache Ambari Improper Access Control
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.ambari:ambari | >=2.4.0,<2.4.2 | 2.4.2 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-FixedinAmbari2.4.2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6807
- https://github.com/apache/ambari
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227181557/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97184
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.