#VU35193 Buffer overflow in Hadoop


Published: 2019-10-04 | Updated: 2020-08-08

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35193

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11768

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Hadoop
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Hadoop: 2.0.0 - 3.0.0


External links
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72ca514e01cd5f08151e74f9929799b4cbe1b6e9e6cd24faa72ffcc6@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b609d4392d886711e694cf40d86f770022baf42a1b1aa97e8244c87@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/caacbbba2dcc1105163f76f3dfee5fbd22e0417e0783212787086378@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ceb16af9139ab0fea24aef935b6321581976887df7ad632e9a515dda@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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