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ASF GitHub Bot commented on ZOOKEEPER-2693:
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Github user arshadmohammad commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/pull/179#discussion_r101818292
  
    --- Diff: src/java/main/org/apache/zookeeper/server/NIOServerCnxn.java ---
    @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ private boolean checkFourLetterWord(final SelectionKey 
k, final int len)
             // We take advantage of the limited size of the length to look
             // for cmds. They are all 4-bytes which fits inside of an int
             String cmd = FourLetterCommands.getCmdMapView().get(len);
    -        if (cmd == null) {
    +        if (cmd == null || 
!FourLetterCommands.getWhiteListedCmdView().contains(cmd)) {
    --- End diff --
    
    if request is for 4lw command, it should be processed in that way only. If 
false is returned from here, the request will proceed as the normal request.
    This is major issue in the current patch



> DOS attack on wchp/wchc four letter words (4lw)
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ZOOKEEPER-2693
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693
>             Project: ZooKeeper
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: security, server
>    Affects Versions: 3.4.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2
>            Reporter: Patrick Hunt
>            Assignee: Michael Han
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: 3.4.10, 3.5.3
>
>
> The wchp/wchc four letter words can be exploited in a DOS attack on the ZK 
> client port - typically 2181. The following POC attack was recently published 
> on the web:
> https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_CNGIz10PRYJ:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41277/+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
> The most straightforward way to block this attack is to not allow access to 
> the client port to non-trusted clients - i.e. firewall the ZooKeeper service 
> and only allow access to trusted applications using it for coordination.



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