SB2018113020 - Fedora 29 update for hadoop
Published: November 30, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11766)
CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can escalate to yarn user access and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on a targeted system.
2) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6811)
CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker who can obtain yarn user access can inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.