CVE-2018-8016 on Apache Cassandra

[Nate McCall <zznate () apache org>]

CVE-2018-8016 describes an issue with the default configuration of
Apache Cassandra releases 3.8 through 3.11.1 which binds an
unauthenticated JMX/RMI interface to all network interfaces allowing
attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via an RMI request. This
issue is a regression of the previously disclosed CVE-2015-0225.

The regression was introduced in
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12109. The fix for the
regression is implemented in
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173. This fix is
contained in the 3.11.2 release of Apache Cassandra.

- The Apache Cassandra PMC