Command injection in Hadoop - CVE-2016-6811
Published: May 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12602
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6811
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
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.
Affected software
Hadoop
Fedora
hadoop
Fedora
hadoop
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6811
Update to version 2.7.4 or later.
hadoop - addressed in versions 2.7.6-2.fc28, 2.7.6-4.fc28, 2.7.7-1.fc28, 2.7.7-1.fc29