[FLUME-3127] Upgrade libfb303 library dependency

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.0
• Labels: dependency
• Assignee: Ferenc Szabo
• Reporter: Attila Simon
• Created: 19/Jul/17 14:36
• Updated: 11/Sep/17 14:08
• Resolved: 11/Sep/17 13:08

Description

Group	Artifact	Version used	Upgrade target
org.apache.thrift	libthrift	0.9.0	0.9.3,0.10.0
org.apache.thrift	libfb303	0.9.0	0.9.3

Security vulnerability: http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2015-3254/
Maven repository:

• https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.thrift/libthrift
• https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.thrift/libfb303

Please do:

• CVE might be a false alarm or mistake. Please double check.
• double check the newest version.
• consider to remove a dependency if better alternative is available.
• check whether the lib change would introduce a backward incompatibility (in which case please add this label `breaking_change` and fix version should be the next major)

Excerpt from mvn dependency:tree

org.apache.flume:flume-ng-sdk:jar:1.8.0-SNAPSHOT
\- org.apache.thrift:libthrift:jar:0.9.0:compile

org.apache.flume.flume-ng-sinks:flume-hive-sink:jar:1.8.0-SNAPSHOT
+- org.apache.hive.hcatalog:hive-hcatalog-streaming:jar:1.0.0:provided
|  +- org.apache.hive:hive-metastore:jar:1.0.0:provided
|  |  \- org.apache.thrift:libfb303:jar:0.9.0:provided

Issue Links

• relates to: FLUME-2947 Upgrade Hive and thrift libraries
• relates to: FLUME-2865 Upgrade thrift version to 0.9.3
• relates to: FLUME-1796 Upgrade Thrift due to race condition in TThreadSeverPool
• relates to: FLUME-2531 Upgrade Thrift to 0.9.1
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #163