#VU35193 Buffer overflow in Hadoop - CVE-2018-11768
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35193
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
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
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2067a797b330530a6932f4b08f703b3173253d0a2b7c8c524e54adaf@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c9cc65864be0058a5d5ed2025dfb9c700bf23d352b0c826c36ff96a@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72ca514e01cd5f08151e74f9929799b4cbe1b6e9e6cd24faa72ffcc6@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b609d4392d886711e694cf40d86f770022baf42a1b1aa97e8244c87@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/caacbbba2dcc1105163f76f3dfee5fbd22e0417e0783212787086378@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ceb16af9139ab0fea24aef935b6321581976887df7ad632e9a515dda@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea6d2dfbefab8ebe46be18b05136b83ae53b7866f1bc60c680a2b600@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f20bb4e055d8394fc525cc7772fb84096f706389043e76220c8a29a4@%3Chdfs-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
https://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.
