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CVE update (CVE-2016-6815) - Fixed in Ranger 0.6.2


From: Velmurugan Periasamy <vel () apache org>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 00:29:14 -0500

Hello:

Here’s a CVE update for Ranger 0.6.2 release. Please see below details.

Release details can be found at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/0.6.2+Release+-+Apache+Ranger 
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/0.6.2+Release+-+Apache+Ranger>

Thank you,
Velmurugan Periasamy

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CVE-2016-6815: Apache Ranger user privilege vulnerability
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Severity: Normal
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected: All 0.5.x versions or 0.6.0/0.6.1 versions of Apache Ranger
Users affected: All users of ranger policy admin tool
Description: Users with "keyadmin" role should not be allowed to change 
password for users with "admin" role.
Fix detail: Added logic to validate the user privilege in the backend.
Mitigation: Users should upgrade to 0.6.2 or later version of Apache Ranger 
with the fix.
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