SB2019060604 - Privilege escalation in Apache Hadoop
Published: June 6, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019060604
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8029)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions for the API interface. A remote authenticated user can use vulnerable API endpoint to execute arbitrary YARN commands on the system as root.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b8d58e02dbd0fb8bf7320c514fe58da1d6728bdc150f1ba04e0d9fc@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17084c09e6dedf60efe08028b429c92ffd28aacc28454e4fa924578a@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a0164b87660223a2d491f83c88f905fe1a9fa8dc795148d9b0d968c8@%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a97c53a81e639ca2fc7b8f61a4fcd1842c2a78544041244a7c624727@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E