Information disclosure in Hadoop - CVE-2016-3086
Published: September 5, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38357
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3086
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Hadoop
Hadoop
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The YARN NodeManager in Apache Hadoop 2.6.x before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 can leak the password for credential store provider used by the NodeManager to YARN Applications.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3086
Install update from vendor's website.