SB2019012907 - Information disclosure in Apache Hadoop
Published: January 29, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019012907
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1296)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to HDFS exposes extended attribute key/value pairs during listXAttrs, verifying only path-level search access to the directory rather than path-level read permission to the referent. A remote attacker can sensitive data in extended attributes, such as HDFS encryption secrets.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.