Link following in Hadoop - CVE-2012-2945

 

Link following in Hadoop - CVE-2012-2945

Published: October 29, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35142
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2945
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Hadoop

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

Hadoop 1.0.3 contains a symlink vulnerability.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-2945

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources