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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache Hadoop up to 2.7.3 (Network Management Software). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
In Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.7.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.
The bug was discovered 05/01/2018. The weakness was shared 04/11/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-6811 since 08/12/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 120865 (Fedora 28 : hadoop (2018-e5a8b72d0d)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277476 (Fedora Security Update for hadoop (FEDORA-2018-e5a8b72d0d)).
Upgrading to version 2.7.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (120865). The entries 109331, 112253, 112396 and 126791 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 120865
Nessus Name: Fedora 28 : hadoop (2018-e5a8b72d0d)
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OpenVAS ID: 56394
OpenVAS Name: Apache Hadoop Privilege Escalation Vulnerability May18
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Upgrade: Hadoop 2.7.4
Timeline
08/12/2016 🔍04/11/2017 🔍
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03/11/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apache.orgAdvisory: FEDORA-2018-e5a8b72d0d
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2016-6811 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 05/10/2018 21:40Updated: 03/11/2023 14:15
Changes: 05/10/2018 21:40 (69), 02/04/2020 08:50 (6), 03/11/2023 14:15 (4)
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