#VU37982 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Hadoop - CVE-2017-3166
Published: November 13, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37982
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3166
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Hadoop
Hadoop
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
In Apache Hadoop versions 2.6.1 to 2.6.5, 2.7.0 to 2.7.3, and 3.0.0-alpha1, if a file in an encryption zone with access permissions that make it world readable is localized via YARN's localization mechanism, that file will be stored in a world-readable location and can be shared freely with any application that requests to localize that file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.