[jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-12310) Use of getByName() to retrieve IP address

["Eduardo Aguinaga (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12310?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Eduardo Aguinaga updated CASSANDRA-12310:
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    External issue URL: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/350.html

> Use of getByName() to retrieve IP address
> -----------------------------------------
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>                 Key: CASSANDRA-12310
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12310
>             Project: Cassandra
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>            Reporter: Eduardo Aguinaga
>
> Overview:
> In May through June of 2016 a static analysis was performed on version 3.0.5 of the Cassandra source code. The analysis included an automated analysis using HP Fortify v4.21 SCA and a manual analysis utilizing SciTools Understand v4. The results of that analysis includes the issue below.
> Issue:
> There are many places in the Cassandra source code that rely upon a call to getByName() to retrieve an IP address. The information returned by getByName() is not trustworthy. Attackers can spoof DNS entries and depending on getByName alone invites DNS spoofing attacks.
> getByName() is used in multiple locations within the CASSANDRA source code:
> DatabaseDescriptor.java Line 193, 213, 233, 254, 947, 949
> RingCache.java Line 82
> InetAddressType.java Line 52
> FailureDetector.java Line 186
> Gossiper.java Line 228, 571, 1517, 1522
> CqlBulkRecordWriter.java Line 142, 301
> HintsService.java Line 265
> DynamicEndpointSnitch.java Line 320
> Ec2MultiRegionSnitch.java Line 49
> EndpointSnitchInfo.java Line 46, 51
> PropertyFileSnitch.java Line 175
> ReconnectableSnitchHelper.java Line 52
> SimpleSeedProvider.java Line 55
> MessagingService.java Line 943
> StorageService.java Line 1766, 1835, 2526
> ProgressInfoCompositeData.java Line 96
> SessionInfoCompositeData.java Line 126, 127
> BulkLoader.java Line 399, 422
> SetHostStat.java Line 50
> This is an example from the file DatabaseDescriptor.java where there are examples of the use of getByName() on line 193, 213, 233, 254, 947 and 949.
> DatabaseDescriptor.java, lines 231-238:
> {code:java}
> 231 try
> 232 {
> 233     rpcAddress = InetAddress.getByName(config.rpc_address);
> 234 }
> 235 catch (UnknownHostException e)
> 236 {
> 237     throw new ConfigurationException("Unknown host in rpc_address " + config.rpc_address, false);
> 238 }
> {code}



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