CVE-2019-12410: Missing Initialization of Resource in Apache Arrow

CVE-2019-12410 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2019-11-08

While investigating UBSAN errors in https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/5365 it was discovered Apache Arrow versions 0.12.0 to 0.14.1, left memory Array data uninitialized when reading RLE null data from parquet. This affected the C++, Python, Ruby and R implementations. The uninitialized memory could potentially be shared if are transmitted over the wire (for instance with Flight) or persisted in the streaming IPC and file formats.

Technologies: pyarrow (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI, RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2019-12410 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-12410 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2019-12410?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 8 November 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
pyarrow (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.12.0,fixed=0.15.0; red-arrow (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.12.0,fixed=0.15.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2019-12410?
Yes. pyarrow (PyPI): upgrade to 0.15.0 or later; red-arrow (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.15.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2019-12410?
Check whether you run pyarrow (PyPI) or red-arrow (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • pyarrow (PyPI): upgrade to 0.15.0 or later
    pip install "pyarrow>=0.15.0"
  • red-arrow (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.15.1 or later
    bundle update red-arrow

Affected products

  • pyarrow (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.12.0,fixed=0.15.0
  • red-arrow (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.12.0,fixed=0.15.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2019-12410
  • GHSA-cjw4-2w9r-r8mv
  • PYSEC-2019-196

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