AmbariApplication · Apache
CVE-2015-5210
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOpen redirect vulnerability in Apache Ambari before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the targetURI parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceApache Ambari before version 2.1.2 contains an open redirect vulnerability in the handling of the targetURI parameter. The application fails to validate or sanitize the URL provided in this parameter, allowing attackers to craft malicious URLs that redirect users to external malicious sites for phishing campaigns.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
AmbariApplication
<= 2.1.1= 1.7.0= 2.0.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.2= 2.1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine installed Ambari versionRun 'ambari-server --version' on the Ambari server host, or check the installed package version using your package manager (rpm -q ambari-server or dpkg -l ambari-server)Affected if The installed version is 1.7.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, or any version <= 2.1.1 (versions 2.1.2 and later are not affected)
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Confirm Ambari web interface is accessibleVerify the Ambari web UI is reachable by accessing the hostname or IP on ports 8080 or 8443 (or configured ports) via HTTP/HTTPSAffected if The Ambari web interface is exposed and reachable over the network, as this is a web-based vulnerability requiring user interaction with the redirect parameter
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Identify if targetURI parameter handling is exposedInspect web server logs or proxy configurations for requests containing 'targetURI' parameter pointing to external domains, or manually test a URL such as /?targetURI=http://evil.com to observe redirect behaviorAffected if The application redirects users to arbitrary external URLs when the targetURI parameter contains an untrusted domain (this confirms the vulnerability is present and exploitable)
You are affected if your Ambari version matches 1.7.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, or any version up to 2.1.1 AND the web interface is accessible and allows uncontrolled redirects via the targetURI parameter.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Apache Ambari to version 2.1.2 or later. Alternatively, implement server-side validation of the targetURI parameter to ensure redirects only point to trusted internal paths or domains.
Fix this in Ambari
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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