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CVE-2016-6656
Published: Dec 16, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Greenplum before 4.3.10.0. Creation of external tables using GPHDFS protocol has a vulnerability whereby arbitrary commands can be injected into the system. In order to exploit this vulnerability the user must have superuser 'gpadmin' access to the system or have been granted GPHDFS protocol permissions in order to create a GPHDFS external table.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life | affected Pivotal Greenplum 4.3.0.0 to 4.3.9.1 and older versions that are end of life |
References
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-6656
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