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CVE-2016-5001
August 30, 2017
This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS. A local user on an HDFS DataNode may be able to craft a block token that grants unauthorized read access to random files by guessing certain fields in the token.
Affected Packages
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.7.0 <2.7.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.7.2
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=0.22.0 <2.6.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.6.4
Related Resources (5)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5001
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
2.1
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-200
EPSS
Base Score:
0.12