Buffer overflow in Hadoop - CVE-2018-11768

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Buffer overflow in Hadoop - CVE-2018-11768

Published: October 4, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35193
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-11768
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Hadoop
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

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

In Apache Hadoop 3.1.0 to 3.1.1, 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.0.3, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.0.0-alpha to 2.8.4, the user/group information can be corrupted across storing in fsimage and reading back from fsimage.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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