SB2016042004 - Information disclosure in Hadoop
Published: April 20, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016042004
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1776)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Apache Hadoop 2.6.x encrypts intermediate data generated by a MapReduce job and stores it along with the encryption key in a credentials file on disk when the Intermediate data encryption feature is enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.