SB2018112204 - Hadoop YARN Command Injection
Published: November 22, 2018 Updated: June 26, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018112204
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS command injection (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in Hadoop YARN mechanism due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can inject and execute arbitrary shell commands to infect Hadoop clusters on Linux servers with unsophisticated new bots (DemonBot, Mirai bot) and compromise vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.