CVE-2014-3627 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop

First reported 10 years ago

2014-12-05 16:59:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-12-06 01:15:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.0

0.23.0

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.1

0.23.1

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.3

0.23.3

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.4

0.23.4

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.5

0.23.5

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.6

0.23.6

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.7

0.23.7

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.8

0.23.8

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.9

0.23.9

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.10

0.23.10

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 0.23.11

0.23.11

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.0.0 alpha

2.0.0

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.0.1 alpha

2.0.1

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.0.2 alpha

2.0.2

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.0.3 alpha

2.0.3

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.0.4 alpha

2.0.4

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.0.5 alpha

2.0.5

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.0.6 Alpha

2.0.6

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.1.0 Beta

2.1.0

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.1.1 Beta

2.1.1

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.2.0

2.2.0

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.3.0

2.3.0

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.4.0

2.4.0

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.4.1

2.4.1

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.5.0

2.5.0

Apache Software Foundation Hadoop 2.5.1

2.5.1

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