Command injection in Hadoop - CVE-2018-11766
Published: November 28, 2018 / Updated: November 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16165
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-2018-11766
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 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.
Affected software
Hadoop
Fedora
watsonx.data
hadoop
Fedora
watsonx.data
hadoop
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11766
Update to version 2.7.7.
Hadoop - update to 2.7.7
watsonx.data - update to 2.0.2
hadoop - addressed in versions 2.7.7-1.fc28, 2.7.7-1.fc29
watsonx.data - update to 2.0.2
hadoop - addressed in versions 2.7.7-1.fc28, 2.7.7-1.fc29