VDB-98405 · CVE-2014-0229 · Qualys 11913

Apache Hadoop up to 0.23.10 access control

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Hadoop up to 0.23.10 (Network Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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:

Apache Hadoop 0.23.x before 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.4.1, as used in Cloudera CDH 5.0.x before 5.0.2, do not check authorization for the (1) refreshNamenodes, (2) deleteBlockPool, and (3) shutdownDatanode HDFS admin commands, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (DataNodes shutdown) or perform unnecessary operations by issuing a command.

The bug was discovered 04/30/2014. The weakness was published 03/23/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at cloudera.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0229 since 12/03/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1058 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11913 (Cloudera CDH Denial of Service (DataNodes shutdown) Vulnerability.).

Upgrading to version 0.23.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

Affected

  • Cloudera CDH up to 5.0.1

Not Affected

  • Cloudera CDH 5.0.2

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hadoop 0.23.11

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12/03/2013 🔍
04/30/2014 +148 days 🔍
03/23/2017 +1058 days 🔍
03/23/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/11/2020 +1267 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: cloudera.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-0229 (🔍)
OSVDB: - CVE-2014-0229 - Multiple Products - Denial of Service Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2017 07:16
Updated: 09/11/2020 11:08
Changes: 03/24/2017 07:16 (63), 09/11/2020 11:08 (3)
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